Pask

See also: pask and påsk

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish Pask, from Proto-Brythonic *Pask, a borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha), from Aramaic פסחא, from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pesaḥ). Cognate with Breton Pask, Welsh Pasg, Irish Cáisc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pæːsk]

Proper noun

Pask m

1. Easter

Mutation

Mutation of Pask

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
Pask	Bask	Fask	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

Middle English

Alternative forms

• Paske, Paskes, Pasche, Pasch, Pasque

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French pasches, from Ecclesiastical Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha), from Aramaic פַּסְחָא (pasḥā), from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésaḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpask(ə)/, /ˈpaːsk(ə)/, /ˈpask(i)s/

Proper noun

Pask

1. Passover (Jewish feast, festival or holiday)
2. Easter (Christian holy day)
3. A return of Jesus Christ.
4. A lamb eaten at Passover or Easter; a Paschal Lamb.
5. (rare) The pain endured by Jesus Christ.

Derived terms

• Paske day

Descendants

• English: Pasch (archaic)
• Scots: Pace

References

• “pask(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-02.