Pronunciations

פֵּסַח (ΠΕ-σαχ) listen

Definitions

  • το πάσχα

Example Sentences

Languages of Origin

  • Other
  • Εβραϊκά

Etymology

  • Το εβραϊκό πάσχα, διέρχομαι, περνώ από (εβρ. Pasach)

    • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
      • Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements
      • Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks)

      Regions

      • Other (please describe in Notes section)
      • Macedonia
      • Thrace
      • Epirus
      • Ionian Islands
      • Central Greece
      • Thessaly
      • Peloponnese
      • Aegean Islands
      • Crete

      Dictionaries

      • Nicholas de Lange, Greek Jewish Texts from the Cairo Genizah, J. C. B. Mohr, Tubingen, 1996

Notes

  • Λέξη θρησκευτικής χρήσης.

    βλ. Liddell & Scott, Λεξικόν της Αρχαίας Ελληνικής Γλώσσης, Αθήνα, Πελεκάνος, 2013

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