Pasch

Meaning

1. (archaic) Passover
2. (archaic) Easter

Synonyms

Pascha

Easter

Passover

Eastertide

Pesach

Pesah

Translations

pascua

Pasqua

Páscoa

Pasen

Paskalya

Ostern

عيد الفصح

Pâques

Pascha

Πάσχα

Λαμπρή

Ανάσταση

Pésah

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pæsk/

Etymology

Cognate with French: Pâques

In summary

From Middle English Pask, Paske, Paskes, from Old French pasches (modern French Pâques), from Ecclesiastical Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha), from Aramaic פַּסְחָא (pasḥā), from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésaḥ). Doublet of Pascha, paska, paskha, and Pesach.