fasta

See also: fásta and fästa

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Asturian

Preposition

fasta

1. until

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Gothic

Romanization

fasta

1. Romanization of 𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfasta/
  • Rhymes: -asta

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fasta, from Proto-Germanic *fastijaną.

Verb

fasta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fastaði, supine fastað)

1. 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)

1. 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

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Latin

Adjective

fasta

1. inflection of fastus:
   1. nominative and vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative, accusative, and vocative neuter plural

fastā

1. ablative feminine singular of fastus

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• fasten

Noun

fasta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of faste

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• fastet

Verb

fasta

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

fasta f

1. definite singular of faste

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Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fasta, from Proto-Germanic *fastijaną.

Verb

fasta

1. 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

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Spanish

Preposition

fasta

1. Obsolete spelling of hasta

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish fasta, from Old Norse fasta, from Proto-Germanic *fastijaną.

Adjective

fasta

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of fast.

Noun

fasta c

1. 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

1. to fast

Conjugation

Conjugation of fasta (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	fasta	—
Present tense	fastar	—
Past tense	fastade	—
Supine	fastat	—
Imperative	fasta	—
Present participle	fastande
Past participle	—