paska

Etymology

From Ukrainian па́ска (páska) and Russian па́ска (páska), borrowing from Ancient Greek πάσκα (páska), phonetic variant of πάσχα (páskha), from Aramaic פסחא‎ (pasḥa), from Hebrew פֶּסַח‎ (pesaḥ).

Noun

paska (uncountable)

1. (Canada) A traditional Ukrainian egg bread, often decorated, used in Easter traditions.
2. Alternative form of paskha

Anagrams

• Kaaps

Etymology

Cognate to Choctaw paska (“bread; to make bread”), Creek apáski (“parched meal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəskə/

Noun

paska

1. bread
   • 1984, Pamela Munro, cited in External possession (eds. Doris Payne and Immanuel Barshi), p. 121:

     Ofi'-at ihoo-ā paska im-apa-tok.

     dog-NOM woman-OBL bread 3SG:REC-eat-PAST

     'The dog ate the woman's bread.'

Verb

paska

1. to make bread

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *paska, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pućka (with irregular vowel development). Cognate with Estonian pask, Northern Sami baika, Eastern Mari пушкедаш (puškedaš, “to defecate”), Hungarian fos.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pas‧ka
• IPA^(key): [ˈpɑskɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑskɑ

Adjective

paska (comparative paskempi, superlative paskin)

1. (vulgar) Very bad, shitty, crappy.

   Hän on paskassa kunnossa.

   He is in a shitty condition.

2. (vulgar) Broken (used in essive or translative).

   Tietokoneeni on paskana.

   My computer is broken.

3. (vulgar) Of poor quality.

   Tuo auto on paska.

   That car is a piece of shit.

Noun

paska

1. (vulgar) shit, crap

   Astuin koiranpaskaan. I stepped in dog shit.

   ei tule lasta, eikä paskaa = that which you are putting so much effort into will produce nothing

2. (vulgar) bullshit

   Älä puhu paskaa! Stop talking bullshit!

3. (vulgar) bupkis; jack shit

   Etsittiin tuntikausia eikä löydetty paskaakaan.

   We searched for hours and found bupkis.

Interjection

paska!

1. (vulgar) Shit!

Romanization

paska

1. Romanization of 𐍀𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰

Alternative forms

• phaska

Noun

paska

1. solution