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

• 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 2 May 2018.