"Passover" in Latin

LOANWORD ADAPTATION: How do we decline the Latin word “pascha”? (Roger Pearse).

Short answer:

The answer seems to be that “pascha” is actually a Greek word, and basically indeclinable, and therefore weird stuff can happen.

For the long answer, follow the link. For hardcore philologists.

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