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noun
A traditional Ukrainian egg bread, often decorated, used in Easter traditions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, Ukraine, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: kulich, Russian Easter bread
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Alternative form of paskha.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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). Doublet of Pasch, Pascha, paskha, and Pesach.
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