Πάσχα
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Greek
Alternative forms
- Πάσκα n (Páska) (dialectal)
Etymology
From Koine Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פסחא (paskha), from Hebrew פסח (pésakh).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Πάσχα • (Páscha) n (indeclinable)
- (religion, Christianity) Easter
- Synonym: (colloquial) Λαμπρή (Lamprí)
- Καλό Πάσχα! ― Kaló Páscha! ― Happy Easter!
- (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 , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
