påsk

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Swedish

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påskris ["Easter twigs" – bundled birch twigs with dyed feathers as an Easter decoration]

Etymology

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From Old Norse páskar, from Medieval Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha), from Aramaic פסחא (pasḥa), from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pesaḥ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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påsk c

  1. Easter
    fira påsk
    celebrate Easter
    påskfirande
    Easter celebration
    påsken brukar man måla och äta ägg
    On Easter, you usually paint and eat eggs
    Julen varar än till påska
    Christmas lasts [all the way] until Easter [from a song – "påska" is an archaic genitive controlled by the preposition till]
  2. Passover
    Sex dagar före påsk kom nu Jesus till Betania, där Lasarus bodde, han som av Jesus hade blivit uppväckt från de döda
    Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead

Declension

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Declension of påsk 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative påsk påsken påskar påskarna
Genitive påsks påskens påskars påskarnas

Derived terms

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See also

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  • påske (Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk)

References

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Anagrams

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