Πάσχα

See also: πάσχα

Greek

Alternative forms

• Πάσκα n (Páska) (dialectal)

Etymology

From Koine Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פסחא (paskha), from Hebrew פסח (pésakh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.sxa/
• Hyphenation: Πά‧σχα

Proper noun

Πάσχα • (Páscha) n (indeclinable)

1. (religion, Christianity) Easter

   Synonym: (colloquial) Λαμπρή (Lamprí)

   Καλό Πάσχα! ― Kaló Páscha! ― Happy Easter!

2. (religion, Judaism) Passover

Coordinate terms

• αναστάσιμος (anastásimos, “Easter, resurrection”, adjective)
• πάσχα (páscha, “Passover, also Easter”)
• and see: ανασταίνω (anastaíno, “I resurrect”)

 

Derived terms

• απόπασχα (apópascha, “after Easter”, adverb)
• Καλό Πάσχα n (Kaló Páscha, “Happy Easter”)
• Νησί του Πάσχα n (Nisí tou Páscha, “Easter Island”)
• Πάσχα των Ιουδαίων n (Páscha ton Ioudaíon, “passover”)
• πασχαλιά f (paschaliá, “lilac, Easter time”)
• πασχαλιάτικα (paschaliátika, “on Easter day”)
• πασχαλιάτικος (paschaliátikos, “Easter, paschal”)
• πασχαλινός (paschalinós, “Easter, paschal”)
• πασχαλίτσα f (paschalítsa, “ladybird”)

 

Further reading

• Πάσχα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• Πάσχα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language