påsk
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påskris
Swedish
Etymology
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
påsk c
- Easter
- fira påsk
- celebrate Easter
- påskfirande
- Easter celebration
- På påsken brukar man måla och äta ägg
- On Easter, you usually paint and eat eggs
- Julen varar än till påska
- Christmas lasts until Easter
- 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
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | påsk | påsks |
| definite | påsken | påskens | |
| plural | indefinite | påskar | påskars |
| definite | påskarna | påskarnas |
Derived terms
- annandag påsk
- påskafton
- påskdagen
- påskfirande (“Easter celebration”)
- påskfjäder
- påskhare (“Easter Bunny”)
- påskmust
- påskris
- påskkärring
- påskägg (“Easter egg”)
See also
- påske (Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk)
References
- påsk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- påsk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- påsk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)