paska

See also: páska, påska, and Paška

English

Etymology

From Ukrainian па́ска (páska) and Russian па́ска (páska), borrowing from Ancient Greek πάσκα (páska), phonetic variant of πάσχα (páskha), from Aramaic פסחא (pasḥa), from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pesaḥ).

Noun

paska (uncountable)

  1. (Canada) A traditional Ukrainian egg bread, often decorated, used in Easter traditions.
  2. Alternative form of paskha

Translations

Anagrams


Chickasaw

FWOTD – 17 April 2017

Etymology

Cognate to Choctaw paska (bread; to make bread), Creek apáski (parched meal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pəskə/

Noun

paska

  1. bread
    • 1984, Pamela Munro, cited in External possession (eds. Doris Payne and Immanuel Barshi), p. 121:
      Ofi'-at ihoo-ā paska im-apa-tok.
      dog-NOM woman-OBL bread 3SG:REC-eat-PAST
      'The dog ate the woman's bread.'

Verb

paska

  1. to make bread

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *paska, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pućka (with irregular vowel development). Cognate with Estonian pask, Northern Sami baika, Eastern Mari пушкедаш (puškedaš, to defecate), Hungarian fos.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pas‧ka
  • IPA(key): [ˈpɑskɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑskɑ

Adjective

paska (comparative paskempi, superlative paskin)

  1. (vulgar) Very bad, shitty, crappy.
    Hän on paskassa kunnossa.
    He is in a shitty condition.
  2. (vulgar) Broken (used in essive or translative).
    Tietokoneeni on paskana.
    My computer is broken.
  3. (vulgar) Of poor quality.
    Tuo auto on paska.
    That car is a piece of shit.

Declension

Inflection of paska (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative paska paskat
genitive paskan paskojen
partitive paskaa paskoja
illative paskaan paskoihin
singular plural
nominative paska paskat
accusative nom. paska paskat
gen. paskan
genitive paskan paskojen
paskainrare
partitive paskaa paskoja
inessive paskassa paskoissa
elative paskasta paskoista
illative paskaan paskoihin
adessive paskalla paskoilla
ablative paskalta paskoilta
allative paskalle paskoille
essive paskana paskoina
translative paskaksi paskoiksi
instructive paskoin
abessive paskatta paskoitta
comitative paskoine

Noun

paska

  1. (vulgar) shit, crap
    Astuin koiranpaskaan. I stepped in dog shit.
    ei tule lasta eikä paskaa = that which you are putting so much effort into will produce nothing
  2. (vulgar) bullshit
    Älä puhu paskaa! Stop talking bullshit!
  3. (vulgar) bupkis; jack shit
    Etsittiin tuntikausia eikä löydetty paskaakaan.
    We searched for hours and found bupkis.

Declension

Inflection of paska (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative paska paskat
genitive paskan paskojen
partitive paskaa paskoja
illative paskaan paskoihin
singular plural
nominative paska paskat
accusative nom. paska paskat
gen. paskan
genitive paskan paskojen
paskainrare
partitive paskaa paskoja
inessive paskassa paskoissa
elative paskasta paskoista
illative paskaan paskoihin
adessive paskalla paskoilla
ablative paskalta paskoilta
allative paskalle paskoille
essive paskana paskoina
translative paskaksi paskoiksi
instructive paskoin
abessive paskatta paskoitta
comitative paskoineen

Idioms

Derived terms

Compounds

Interjection

paska!

  1. (vulgar) Shit!

Gothic

Romanization

paska

  1. Romanization of 𐍀𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰

Quechua

Alternative forms

Noun

paska

  1. solution

Declension

See also

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