fosta
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Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Irish fosta.[1]
Adjective
[edit]fosta
Declension
[edit]Declension of fosta
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fosta | fhosta | fosta; fhosta² | |
Vocative | fhosta | fosta | ||
Genitive | fosta | fosta | fosta | |
Dative | fosta; fhosta¹ |
fhosta | fosta; fhosta² | |
Comparative | níos fosta | |||
Superlative | is fosta |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]- fostacht (“firmness, steadiness”)
Etymology 2
[edit]From fós (“yet, still”).
Adverb
[edit]fosta
Synonyms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fosta | fhosta | bhfosta |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 fosta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fosta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 332
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fosta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fosta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “fosta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Romanian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fosta f
Vilamovian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old High German fastēn. Cognate with German fasten.
Verb
[edit]fosta
- to fast
Related terms
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