pasques

See also: Pasques, pasqües, and Pasqües

English

Noun

pasques

plural of pasque

Old French

Alternative forms

pasche, pasches, pasque

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin pascha (influenced by pascuum, pascua (“grazing”)), from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”).

Noun

pasques f pl

Easter (Christian festival celebrating the resurrection of Christ)

Usage notes

In early Old French, the singular pasque was used.

Descendants

Bourguignon: Pâques
Middle French: Pasques
- French: Pâques
  - Haitian Creole: Pak
  - → Lingala: Páke
  - → Persian: عید پاک ('eyd-e pâk)
Norman: Pâques, Paak
Picard: Paques
Walloon: Påke
→ Middle English: Pask, Paske, Paskes, Pasche, Pasch, Pasque
- English: Pasch (archaic)
- Scots: Pace

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (pasques, supplement)

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