kasta

Conjugation of kasta (group v-30)
infinitive	kasta
supine	kastað
participle (a6)¹	kastandi	kastaður
	present	past
first singular	kasti	kastaði
second singular	kastar	kastaði
third singular	kastar	kastaði
plural	kasta	kastaðu
	imperative
singular	kasta!
plural	kastið!
¹Only the past participle being declined.

Finnish edit

Verb edit

kasta

inflection of kastaa:

Anagrams edit

kasat, sakat, takas, taksa

Icelandic edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną. Cognate with Faroese and Swedish kasta, Norwegian and Danish kaste, and English cast.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈkʰasta/
Rhymes: -asta

Verb edit

kasta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kastaði, supine kastað)

(transitive, intransitive, governs the dative) to throw, to fling, to hurl, to toss
Kastaðu boltanum hingað!
Toss the ball here!

Að kasta sér í sjóinn.
To hurl oneself into the ocean.
(baseball, governs the dative) to pitch
(basketball, governs the dative) to shoot
(equestrianism, governs the dative) to foal; to give birth, to bear offspring

Conjugation edit

kasta — active voice (germynd)

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að kasta
supine (sagnbót)		kastað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		kastandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég kasta	við köstum	present (nútíð)	ég kasti	við köstum
	þú kastar	þið kastið		þú kastir	þið kastið
	hann, hún, það kastar	þeir, þær, þau kasta		hann, hún, það kasti	þeir, þær, þau kasti

past (þátíð)	ég kastaði	við köstuðum	past (þátíð)	ég kastaði	við köstuðum
	þú kastaðir	þið köstuðuð		þú kastaðir	þið köstuðuð
	hann, hún, það kastaði	þeir, þær, þau köstuðu		hann, hún, það kastaði	þeir, þær, þau köstuðu

imperative (boðháttur)	kasta (þú)	kastið (þið)
	kastaðu	kastiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

kastast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að kastast
supine (sagnbót)		kastast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		kastandist the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég kastast	við köstumst	present (nútíð)	ég kastist	við köstumst
	þú kastast	þið kastist		þú kastist	þið kastist
	hann, hún, það kastast	þeir, þær, þau kastast		hann, hún, það kastist	þeir, þær, þau kastist

past (þátíð)	ég kastaðist	við köstuðumst	past (þátíð)	ég kastaðist	við köstuðumst
	þú kastaðist	þið köstuðust		þú kastaðist	þið köstuðust
	hann, hún, það kastaðist	þeir, þær, þau köstuðust		hann, hún, það kastaðist	þeir, þær, þau köstuðust

imperative (boðháttur)	kastast (þú)	kastist (þið)
	kastastu	kastisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

kastaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
strong declension (sterk beyging)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	kastaður	köstuð	kastað	kastaðir	kastaðar	köstuð
accusative (þolfall)	kastaðan	kastaða	kastað	kastaða	kastaðar	köstuð
dative (þágufall)	köstuðum	kastaðri	köstuðu	köstuðum	köstuðum	köstuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	kastaðs	kastaðrar	kastaðs	kastaðra	kastaðra	kastaðra

weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
weak declension (veik beyging)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	kastaði	kastaða	kastaða	köstuðu	köstuðu	köstuðu
accusative (þolfall)	kastaða	köstuðu	kastaða	köstuðu	köstuðu	köstuðu
dative (þágufall)	kastaða	köstuðu	kastaða	köstuðu	köstuðu	köstuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	kastaða	köstuðu	kastaða	köstuðu	köstuðu	köstuðu

Synonyms edit

(to throw): varpa, fleygja, henda

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

kast

Noun edit

kasta

indefinite genitive plural of kast

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

kasta

indefinite genitive plural of köstur

Anagrams edit

skata, taska

Indonesian edit

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

kasta

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Etymology edit

From Portuguese casta, possibly from the feminine of casto (“chaste”), from Old Galician-Portuguese casto, from Latin castus) or from Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (*kastan) or *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (*kasts), from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), *kastuz.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈkast̪a]
Hyphenation: kas‧ta

Noun edit

kasta (plural kasta-kasta, first-person possessive kastaku, second-person possessive kastamu, third-person possessive kastanya)

caste: a separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other, especially hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies.

Affixed terms edit

berkasta

Compounds edit

Kashubian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from German Kasten.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈkasta/
Syllabification: kas‧ta

Noun edit

kasta m inan (diminutive kastka)

chest
Synonyms: czista, skrzënia

Declension edit

Declension of kasta

	singular	plural
nominative	kasta	kastë
genitive	kastë	kast/kastów
dative	kasce	kastë
accusative	kastã	kastóm
instrumental	kastą	kastama
locative	kasce	kastach
vocative	kasto	kastë

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Alternative forms edit

kastene (of noun)
kastet (of verb)

Noun edit

kasta n

definite plural of kast

Verb edit

kasta

inflection of kaste:
1. simple past
2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Alternative forms edit

kaste

Etymology edit

From Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /²kɑstɑ/

Verb edit

kasta (present tense kastar, past tense kasta, past participle kasta, passive infinitive kastast, present participle kastande, imperative kasta/kast)

to throw
Kor langt kan du kasta denne?
How far can you throw this one?

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of kasta — (weak class 3)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	kasta, kaste
present participle	kastande
past participle	kasta
supine	kasta
singular	kastar	kasta
plural¹	kasta	―
subjunctive	present	past
	kaste	―
imperative	present
singular	kasta, kast
plural¹	kaste

¹Rare today.

References edit

“kasta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *kastōną.

Verb edit

kasta

(transitive, with dative) to cast, to throw

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of kasta — active (weak class 2)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	kasta
present participle	kastandi
past participle	kastaðr
1st-person singular	kasta	kastaða
2nd-person singular	kastar	kastaðir
3rd-person singular	kastar	kastaði
1st-person plural	kǫstum	kǫstuðum
2nd-person plural	kastið	kǫstuðuð
3rd-person plural	kasta	kǫstuðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	kasta	kastaða
2nd-person singular	kastir	kastaðir
3rd-person singular	kasti	kastaði
1st-person plural	kastim	kastaðim
2nd-person plural	kastið	kastaðið
3rd-person plural	kasti	kastaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	kasta
1st-person plural	kǫstum
2nd-person plural	kastið

Conjugation of kasta — mediopassive (weak class 2)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	kastask
present participle	kastandisk
past participle	kastazk
1st-person singular	kǫstumk	kǫstuðumk
2nd-person singular	kastask	kastaðisk
3rd-person singular	kastask	kastaðisk
1st-person plural	kǫstumsk	kǫstuðumsk
2nd-person plural	kastizk	kǫstuðuzk
3rd-person plural	kastask	kǫstuðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	kǫstumk	kǫstuðumk
2nd-person singular	kastisk	kastaðisk
3rd-person singular	kastisk	kastaðisk
1st-person plural	kastimsk	kastaðimsk
2nd-person plural	kastizk	kastaðizk
3rd-person plural	kastisk	kastaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	kastask
1st-person plural	kǫstumsk
2nd-person plural	kastizk

Derived terms edit

kasta um (“to throw about, turn around (something)”)

Descendants edit

Icelandic: kasta
Faroese: kasta
Norwegian Nynorsk: kasta
Old Swedish: kasta
- Swedish: kasta
Danish: kaste
- Norwegian Bokmål: kaste
→ North Frisian: kastin
→ Middle English: casten, kesten
- Scots: cast
- English: cast
  - → Dutch: casten
  - → German: casten

References edit

“kasta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną.

Verb edit

kasta

to throw, cast

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of kasta (weak)

active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	present			past
infinitive	kasta			—
participle	kastandi, -e			kastaþer
iæk	kastar	kasti, -e	—	kastaþi, -e	kastaþi, -e
þū	kastar	kasti, -e	kasta	kastaþi, -e	kastaþi, -e
han	kastar	kasti, -e	—	kastaþi, -e	kastaþi, -e
vīr	kastum, -om	kastum, -om	kastum, -om	kastaþum, -om	kastaþum, -om
īr	kastin	kastin	kastin	kastaþin	kastaþin
þēr	kasta	kastin	—	kastaþu, -o	kastaþin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	kastas	kastis, -es	—	kastaþis, -es	kastaþis, -es
þū	kastas	kastis, -es	—	kastaþis, -es	kastaþis, -es
han	kastas	kastis, -es	—	kastaþis, -es	kastaþis, -es
vīr	kastums, -oms	kastums, -oms	—	kastaþums, -oms	kastaþums, -oms
īr	kastins	kastins	—	kastaþins	kastaþins
þēr	kastas	kastins	—	kastaþus, -os	kastaþins

Descendants edit

Swedish: kasta

References edit

kasta in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L

Polish edit

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

kasta

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology edit

Internationalism; compare English caste, French caste, German Kaste, ultimately from Portuguese casta.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈkas.ta/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -asta
Syllabification: kas‧ta

Noun edit

kasta f (related adjective kastowy)

(Hinduism) caste (any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies)
caste (separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly associate with each other)
(zoology) caste (class of polymorphous eusocial insects of a particular size and function within a colony)

Declension edit

Declension of kasta

	singular	plural
nominative	kasta	kasty
genitive	kasty	kast
dative	kaście	kastom
accusative	kastę	kasty
instrumental	kastą	kastami
locative	kaście	kastach
vocative	kasto	kasty

Related terms edit

nouns

kastowość

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese casta (“lineage, breed”).

Noun edit

kȁsta f (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ста)

caste

Declension edit

Declension of kasta

	singular	plural
nominative	kȁsta	kaste
genitive	kaste	kȃstā / kȃstī
dative	kasti	kastama
accusative	kastu	kaste
vocative	kasto	kaste
locative	kasti	kastama
instrumental	kastom	kastama

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Swedish kasta, from Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Nynorsk kasta, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål kaste and English cast.

Pronunciation edit

audio (file)

Verb edit

kasta (present kastar, preterite kastade, supine kastat, imperative kasta)

to throw; make an object fly through the air
Han kastade ett spjut ― He threw a spear
to throw away, discard, dispose of
Han kastade prylen han inte längre använde ― He threw away the thing he no longer used
(reflexive) to throw oneself
Han kastade sig till marken ― He threw himself to the ground
to cast (a shadow)
Träden kastade långa skuggor
The trees cast long shadows
(card games) to discard, slough
Han kastade kortet ― He discarded the card

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of kasta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	kasta		kastas
Supine	kastat		kastats
Imperative	kasta		—
Imper. plural¹	kasten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	kastar	kastade	kastas	kastades
Ind. plural¹	kasta	kastade	kastas	kastades
Subjunctive²	kaste	kastade	kastes	kastades
	Participles
Present participle	kastande
Past participle	kastad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms edit

slänga (bit less powerful- and more sloppy-sounding)

Related terms edit

Anagrams edit

aktas, askat, kasat, sakat, sakta, skata

Vilamovian edit

kasta

Etymology edit

From Middle High German kaste, from Old High German kasto. Cognate with German Kasten.

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kasta m (diminutive kastła)

chest (strong box)

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kasta

beauty

kasta

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