fasta
See also: fásta and fästa
Asturian
Preposition
fasta
- until
Gothic
Romanization
fasta
- Romanization of 𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfasta/
- Rhymes: -asta
Etymology 1
From Old Norse fasta, from Proto-Germanic *fastāną.
Verb
fasta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fastaði, supine fastað)
- to fast
Conjugation
fasta — active voice (germynd)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) | að fasta | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) | fastað | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) | fastandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) | subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) | ég fasta | við föstum | present (nútíð) | ég fasti | við föstum |
| þú fastar | þið fastið | þú fastir | þið fastið | ||
| hann, hún, það fastar | þeir, þær, þau fasta | hann, hún, það fasti | þeir, þær, þau fasti | ||
| past (þátíð) | ég fastaði | við föstuðum | past (þátíð) | ég fastaði | við föstuðum |
| þú fastaðir | þið föstuðuð | þú fastaðir | þið föstuðuð | ||
| hann, hún, það fastaði | þeir, þær, þau föstuðu | hann, hún, það fastaði | þeir, þær, þau föstuðu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) | fasta (þú) | fastið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| fastaðu | fastiði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
Etymology 2
From Old Norse fasta.
Noun
fasta f (genitive singular föstu, nominative plural föstur)
- fast (abstinence from food)
Declension
declension of fasta
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | fasta | fastan | föstur | fösturnar |
| accusative | föstu | föstuna | föstur | fösturnar |
| dative | föstu | föstunni | föstum | föstunum |
| genitive | föstu | föstunnar | fasta | fastanna |
Derived terms
- föstudagur
Anagrams
- stafa
Latin
Adjective
fāsta
- inflection of fāstus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Adjective
fāstā
- ablative feminine singular of fāstus
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- fasten
Noun
fasta m or f
- definite feminine singular of faste
Alternative forms
- fastet
Verb
fasta
- inflection of faste:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
fasta f
- definite singular of faste
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse fasta, from Proto-Germanic *fastāną.
Verb
fasta
- to fast, to abstain from food
Conjugation
Conjugation of fasta (weak)
| present | past | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | fasta | — | |||
| participle | fastandi, -e | fastaþer | |||
| active voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| iæk | fastar | fasti, -e | — | fastaþi, -e | fastaþi, -e |
| þū | fastar | fasti, -e | fasta | fastaþi, -e | fastaþi, -e |
| han | fastar | fasti, -e | — | fastaþi, -e | fastaþi, -e |
| vīr | fastum, -om | fastum, -om | fastum, -om | fastaþum, -om | fastaþum, -om |
| īr | fastin | fastin | fastin | fastaþin | fastaþin |
| þēr | fasta | fastin | — | fastaþu, -o | fastaþin |
| mediopassive voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| iæk | — | — | — | — | — |
| þū | — | — | — | — | — |
| han | — | — | — | — | — |
| vīr | — | — | — | — | — |
| īr | — | — | — | — | — |
| þēr | — | — | — | — | — |
Descendants
- Swedish: fasta
Spanish
Preposition
fasta
- Obsolete form of hasta.
Adjective
fasta f
- feminine singular of fasto
Further reading
- “fasta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish fasta, from Old Norse fasta, from Proto-Germanic *fastāną.
Adjective
fasta
- absolute singular definite and plural form of fast.
Noun
fasta c
- a period of fasting, lent
Declension
| Declension of fasta | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | fasta | fastan | fastor | fastorna |
| Genitive | fastas | fastans | fastors | fastornas |
Verb
fasta (present fastar, preterite fastade, supine fastat, imperative fasta)
- to fast
Conjugation
Conjugation of fasta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | fasta | — | ||
| Supine | fastat | — | ||
| Imperative | fasta | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | fasten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | fastar | fastade | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | fasta | fastade | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | faste | fastade | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | fastande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Anagrams
- fasat