Pask

See also: pask and påsk

Cornish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [paːsk]

Etymology 1

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.

Proper noun

Pask m

  1. Easter
  2. Passover
Derived terms
  • Pask Byghan (“Low Sunday”)
  • war Bask (“at Easter”)

Mutation

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

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Pask

  1. hard mutation of Bask (“Basque”)

Middle English

Alternative forms

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

Descendants

  • English: Pasch (archaic)
  • Scots: Pace

References

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