paska

From Ukrainian па́ска (páska) and Russian па́ска (páska), borrowing from Ancient Greek πάσκα (páska), phonetic variant of πάσχα (páskha), from Aramaic פסחא (pasḥa), from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pesaḥ). Doublet of Pesach.

paska (countable and uncountable, plural paskas)

1. (Canada) A traditional Ukrainian egg bread, often decorated, used in Easter traditions.
2. Alternative form of paskha

• Kaaps, kapas

Cognate to Choctaw paska (“bread; to make bread”), Creek apáski (“parched meal”).

• IPA^(key): /pas.ka/

paska (alienable)

1. bread, a loaf of bread
   • 1984, Pamela Munro, cited in External possession (eds. Doris Payne and Immanuel Barshi), p. 121:

     Ofi'-at ihoo-ā paska im-apa-tok.
     dog-NOM woman-OBL bread 3SG:REC-eat-PAST
     'The dog ate the woman's bread.'

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. biscuits

paska (active, in/transitive)

1. to make bread (I)
2. to make baked goods (I;3)
3. to make into bread (I;II)

• pá'ska

paska

1. partitive singular of pask
2. illative singular of pask

From Proto-Finnic *paska, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pućka (with irregular vowel development). Cognate with Estonian pask, Northern Sami baika, Erzya пскиземс (pskiźems, “to have diarrhea”), Eastern Mari пушкедаш (puškedaš, “to defecate”), Hungarian fos.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑskɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑskɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): pas‧ka

paska

1. (dated or vulgar) shit, crap, turd (excrement)

   Synonyms: kakka, kakki, pee, uloste

   Astuin koiranpaskaan.

   I stepped in dog shit.

2. (vulgar) bullshit, crap, shit, nonsense (false or exaggerated statements made to impress and deceive the listener rather than inform)

   Synonyms: hevonpaska, paskapuhe, roska, schaissa, soopa

   puhua paskaa ― to bullshit

3. (vulgar) piece of shit, crap (bad thing, something of poor quality)

   Synonyms: moska, romu, schaissa

   Vie tämä paska takaisin sinne, mistä ostit sen.

   Take this piece of shit back where you bought it.

4. (vulgar) Synonym of paskiainen (“piece of shit, sense despicable person”)

   Sinä olet täysi paska.

   You are a complete piece of shit.

5. (vulgar, chiefly in the negative) shit, jack shit (nothing, lack of anything of value) (with -kaan)

   Synonym: mitään

   Et tiedä politiikasta paskaakaan.

   You don't know jack shit about politics.

   En välitä paskaakaan siitä, mitä ajattelet.

   I don't give a shit (about) what you think.

paska (comparative paskempi, superlative paskin) (vulgar)

1. shitty, crappy (bad, sick, or depressed)

   Hän on paskassa kunnossa.

   He is in a shitty condition.

2. crappy, shitty, lousy, tatty (of poor quality)

   Tuo on paska auto.

   That is a crappy car.

3. (in essive or translative) fucked (broken)

   Tietokoneeni on paskana.

   My computer is fucked.

   Tietokoneeni meni paskaksi.

   My computer broke down.

• (bad, sick or depressed): kurja, surkea
• (broken): rikki, surkea
• (of poor quality): huonolaatuinen, surkea

paska (vulgar)

1. (often in the plural) shit!, fuck!

   Voi paskat! Unohdin maksaa parkkisakon.

   Oh, shit! I forgot to pay that parking ticket.

• “paska”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

paska

1. Romanization of 𐍀𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰

From Proto-Finnic *paska. Cognates include Finnish paska and Estonian pask.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑskɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑskɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑsk, -ɑskɑ
• Hyphenation: pas‧ka

paska

1. diarrhoea (watery excrement)

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1. slag, scum (layer of impurity)

paska (comparative pasemp)

1. bad, bratty

   paska laps ― bratty child

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 388

From Pascha +‎ -ka.

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key):

paska f

1. (Przemyśl) Easter wheat bread

• Aleksander Saloni (1899) “paska”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 242

• phaska

paska

1. solution

• paskay

• pasha, pasḫa, paçğa
• paḉḫa, paçḫa (Hemşin)

Borrowed from Laz ფაცხა (paʒxa). In some dialects, from Georgian ფაცხა (pacxa).

paska

1. (Rize, Artvin, Hemşin, Sinop, Samsun, Ordu, Giresun) a kind of hut

   Hypernym: kulübe

2. (Artvin) a ruined old building
3. (Rize, Artvin, Hemşin) a large basket

   Hypernym: sepet