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

Galician

Alternative forms

• páscoa

Etymology

From 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 páscoa, 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

References

• “pascua” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “pascua” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “pascua” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pascua” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pascua” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ladino

Etymology

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

Noun

pascua (Latin spelling)

1. (Haketia) holiday

Latin

Pronunciation

• pāscua: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpaːs.ku.a/,
• pāscua: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.ku.a/,
• pāscuā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpaːs.ku.aː/,
• pāscuā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.ku.a/,

Adjective

pāscua

1. inflection of pāscuus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

pāscuā

1. ablative feminine singular of pāscuus

Noun

pāscuā

1. nominative/accusative plural of pāscuum

Noun

pāscua f (genitive pāscuae); first declension

1. pasture, place for beasts to graze

Declension

First-declension noun.

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.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Pascua

Etymology

Inherited 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/
• Rhymes: -askwa
• Syllabification: pas‧cua

Noun

pascua f (plural pascuas)

1. (Christianity) Easter
2. (Judaism) Passover

   Synonym: Pésaj

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• → Kavalan: Paskua
• → Bikol Central: Pasko
• → Cebuano: Pasko, Paskuwa
• → Ilocano: Paskua
• → Mezquital Otomi: baxjua
• → Papiamentu: Pasku
• → Quechua: Paskwa
• → Tagalog: Pasko, Paskuwa

References

Further reading

• “pascua”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• pascua on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es