# pascua
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פסחא (paskha), from Hebrew פסח (pesakh).

### Noun

pascua f (uncountable)
* Easter

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* páscoa

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pascua (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פסחא (paskha), from Hebrew פסח (pesakh). Cognate with Portuguese páscoa, Asturian pascua, Spanish pascua.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpaskwa̝/

### Noun

pascua f (plural pascuas)
* (Christianity) Easter
    Synonyms: Pascua, Pascua Florida, Pascua de Resurrección
* (Christianity) the period between the birth of Christ and the adoration of the Magi
* (Judaism) Passover

#### Derived terms

* Pascua de Resurrección
* Pascua Florida
* pascual

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pascua”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pascua”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pascua”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pascua”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pascua”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Ladino
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פסחא (paskha), from Hebrew פסח (pesakh).

### Noun

pascua f (Latin spelling)
* (Haketia) holiday

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* pāscua: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpaːs.ku.a/, [ˈpäːs̠kuä]
* pāscua: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpas.ku.a/, [ˈpäskuä]
* pāscuā: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpaːs.ku.aː/, [ˈpäːs̠kuäː]
* pāscuā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpas.ku.a/, [ˈpäskuä]

### Adjective

pāscua
* inflection of pāscuus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

### Adjective

pāscuā
* ablative feminine singular of pāscuus

### Noun

pāscua
* nominative/accusative plural of pāscuum

### Noun

pāscua f (genitive pāscuae); first declension
* pasture, place for beasts to graze

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

### References

* “pascua”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* pascua in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* pascua in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* Pascua

### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin pascha (influenced by pascuum, pascua (“grazing; feed for animals”), the confusion aided by the end of Lent fasting at Easter), from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פסחא (paskha), from Hebrew פסח (pesakh).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpaskwa/ [ˈpas.kwa]
* Rhymes: -askwa
* Syllabification: pas‧cua

### Noun

pascua f (plural pascuas)
* (Christianity) Easter
* (Judaism) Passover
    Synonym: Pésaj
* (Christianity) the period between the birth of Christ and the adoration of the Magi

#### Derived terms

* conejo de Pascua
* dar las Pascuas
* de Pascuas a Ramos
* flor de Pascua
* huevo de Pascua
* isla de Pascua
* lunes de Pascua
* mona de Pascua
* pan de Pascua

#### Related terms

* pascual

#### Descendants

* → Kavalan: Paskua
* → Bikol Central: Pasko
* → Cebuano: Pasko, Paskuwa
* → Ilocano: Paskua
* → Mezquital Otomi: baxjua
* → Papiamentu: Pasku
* → Quechua: Paskwa
* → Tagalog: Pasko, Paskuwa

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “pascua”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Further reading

* “pascua”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* pascua on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{es}$