pascua

See also: Pascua

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פסחא (paskha), from Hebrew פסח (pesakh).

Noun

pascua f (uncountable)

1. Easter

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Galician

Alternative forms

• páscoa

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese pascua (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פסחא (paskha), from Hebrew פסח (pesakh). Cognate with Portuguese páscua, Asturian pascua, Spanish pascua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaskwa̝/

Noun

pascua f (plural pascuas)

1. (Christianity) Easter

   Synonyms: Pascua, Pascua Florida, Pascua de Resurrección

2. (Christianity) the period between the birth of Christ and the adoration of the Magi
3. (Judaism) Passover

Derived terms

• Pascua de Resurrección
• Pascua Florida
• pascual

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pascua”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pascua”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) pāscua

1. nominative feminine singular of pāscuus
2. nominative neuter plural of pāscuus
3. accusative neuter plural of pāscuus
4. vocative feminine singular of pāscuus
5. nominative neuter plural of pāscuus

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) pāscuā

1. ablative feminine singular of pāscuus

References

• “pascua”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pascua in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• pascua in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• Pascua

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin pascha (influenced by pascuum, pascua (“grazing; feed for animals”), the confusion aided by the end of Lent fasting at Easter), from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פסחא (paskha), from Hebrew פסח (pesakh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaskwa/ [ˈpas.kwa]

Noun

pascua f (plural pascuas)

1. (Christianity) Easter
2. (Judaism) Passover
3. (Christianity) The period between the birth of Christ and the adoration of the Magi.

Synonyms

• (Passover): Pésaj

Derived terms

• conejo de Pascua
• de Pascuas a Ramos
• flor de Pascua
• huevo de Pascua
• isla de Pascua
• lunes de Pascua
• mona de Pascua
• pan de Pascua

 

Descendants

• → Nahuatl: Paxcua
• → Papiamentu: Pasku
• → Quechua: Paskwa

Related terms

• pascual

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001
• pascua on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es