festa
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian, Catalan, Portuguese, and Maltese festa.
Noun
editfesta (plural festas)
Anagrams
editBasque
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editfesta inan
Declension
editindefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | festa | festa | festak |
ergative | festak | festak | festek |
dative | festari | festari | festei |
genitive | festaren | festaren | festen |
comitative | festarekin | festarekin | festekin |
causative | festarengatik | festarengatik | festengatik |
benefactive | festarentzat | festarentzat | festentzat |
instrumental | festaz | festaz | festez |
inessive | festatan | festan | festetan |
locative | festatako | festako | festetako |
allative | festatara | festara | festetara |
terminative | festataraino | festaraino | festetaraino |
directive | festatarantz | festarantz | festetarantz |
destinative | festatarako | festarako | festetarako |
ablative | festatatik | festatik | festetatik |
partitive | festarik | — | — |
prolative | festatzat | — | — |
Derived terms
edit- festa egin
- festa-egun (“holiday”)
- festaburu
- festazale (“partygoer”)
Further reading
edit- “festa”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “festa”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Catalan
editEtymology
editInherited from Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstum. Compare Occitan fèsta or hèsta.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfesta f (plural festes)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “festa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “festa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “festa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “festa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Esperanto
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editfesta (accusative singular festan, plural festaj, accusative plural festajn)
Fala
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Galician-Portuguese festa, from Late Latin fēsta.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfesta f (plural festas)
- party
- festivity, holiday
- Synonyms: festividai, fistiviai, fistividai
Related terms
edit- festival (“festival”)
- festividai (“festivity”)
- festivu (“festive”)
- fistival (“festival”)
- fistiviai (“festivity”)
- fistividai (“festivity”)
- fistivu (“festive”)
References
editFaroese
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editfesta (third person singular past indicative festi, third person plural past indicative fest, supine fest)
Usage notes
edit- festa fót (“make a settlement”)
Conjugation
editConjugation of festa (group v-9st) | ||
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infinitive | festa | |
supine | fest | |
participle (a5)1 | festandi | festur |
present | past | |
first singular | festi | festi |
second singular | festir | festi |
third singular | festir | festi |
plural | festa | festu |
imperative | ||
singular | fest! | |
plural | festið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Franco-Provençal
editNoun
editfesta (Old Beaujolais, Old Dauphinois)
- Alternative form of féta (“party, celebration”)
References
edit- festa in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fĕsta”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 482
Galician
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese festa, from Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstum.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfesta f (plural festas)
- festival
- party
- Synonym: esmorga
- holiday; festivity
- Synonyms: día de festa, día festivo, día santo
References
edit- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “festa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “festa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “festa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “festa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “festa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Icelandic
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editfesta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative festi, supine fest)
- (transitive, with accusative) to fasten
- (transitive, with accusative) to determine, fix, settle
Conjugation
editinfinitive (nafnháttur) |
að festa | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
fest | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
festandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég festi | við festum | present (nútíð) |
ég festi | við festum |
þú festir | þið festið | þú festir | þið festið | ||
hann, hún, það festir | þeir, þær, þau festa | hann, hún, það festi | þeir, þær, þau festi | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég festi | við festum | past (þátíð) |
ég festi | við festum |
þú festir | þið festuð | þú festir | þið festuð | ||
hann, hún, það festi | þeir, þær, þau festu | hann, hún, það festi | þeir, þær, þau festu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
fest (þú) | festið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
festu | festiði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að festast | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
fest | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
festandist ** ** 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 festist | við festumst | present (nútíð) |
ég festist | við festumst |
þú festist | þið festist | þú festist | þið festist | ||
hann, hún, það festist | þeir, þær, þau festast | hann, hún, það festist | þeir, þær, þau festist | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég festist | við festumst | past (þátíð) |
ég festist | við festumst |
þú festist | þið festust | þú festist | þið festust | ||
hann, hún, það festist | þeir, þær, þau festust | hann, hún, það festist | þeir, þær, þau festust | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
fest (þú) | festist (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
festu | festisti * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
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masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
festur | fest | fest | festir | festar | fest | |
accusative (þolfall) |
festan | festa | fest | festa | festar | fest | |
dative (þágufall) |
festum | festri | festu | festum | festum | festum | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
fests | festrar | fests | festra | festra | festra | |
weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
festi | festa | festa | festu | festu | festu | |
accusative (þolfall) |
festa | festu | festa | festu | festu | festu | |
dative (þágufall) |
festa | festu | festa | festu | festu | festu | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
festa | festu | festa | festu | festu | festu |
Derived terms
editNoun
editfesta f (genitive singular festu, no plural)
Declension
editDeclension of festa | ||
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f-w1 | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | festa | festan |
accusative | festu | festuna |
dative | festu | festunni |
genitive | festu | festunnar |
Synonyms
edit- (steadfastness): staðfesta, stöðugleiki
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstus (“festive”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfesta f (plural feste)
Descendants
editAnagrams
editItaliot Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Latin festa (“party, feast”).
Noun
editfesta f
Ladin
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstum.
Noun
editfesta f (plural festes)
- (official) holiday
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- fēsta: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈfeːs.ta/, [ˈfeːs̠t̪ä]
- fēsta: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfes.ta/, [ˈfɛst̪ä]
- fēstā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈfeːs.taː/, [ˈfeːs̠t̪äː]
- fēstā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfes.ta/, [ˈfɛst̪ä]
Etymology 1
editFrom the plural of fēstum. See main entry there for more.
Noun
editfēsta f (genitive fēstae); first declension
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | fēsta | fēstae |
Genitive | fēstae | fēstārum |
Dative | fēstae | fēstīs |
Accusative | fēstam | fēstās |
Ablative | fēstā | fēstīs |
Vocative | fēsta | fēstae |
Descendants
editSee descendants under fēstum.
Etymology 2
editNoun
editfēsta
Adjective
editfēsta
- inflection of fēstus:
Adjective
editfēstā
Ligurian
editNoun
editfesta f (please provide plural)
Macanese
editEtymology
editFrom Portuguese festa.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfesta
- party, fete, gala
- Synonym: fonçám
- festa di quebrâ testa ― big party; solemn commemoration (literally, “party of break forehead”)
- festa di fichâ ano ― birthday party
- celebration
- festival
- Quelê-tánto náchi-náchi na festa
- There were many Chinese people at the festival
- (religion) feast
- missa festa ― high mass (literally, “mass feast”)
Related terms
editReferences
editMaltese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Sicilian festa and/or Italian festa.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfesta f (plural festi, diminutive festin)
Related terms
editNorwegian Bokmål
editAlternative forms
editVerb
editfesta
- inflection of feste:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse festa, from Proto-Germanic *fastijaną. Factitive of fast (“(stead)fast”).
(rent farming land): Calque of Danish fæste.
Alternative forms
edit- feste (e- and split infinitives)
Verb
editfesta (present tense festar or fester, past tense festa or feste, past participle festa or fest, present participle festande, imperative fest)
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom fest + -a, the first part being derived from Latin festum.
Alternative forms
edit- feste (e- and split infinitives)
Verb
editfesta (present tense festar, past tense festa, past participle festa, passive infinitive festast, present participle festande, imperative festa/fest)
- to party
Etymology 3
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms
editNoun
editfesta
References
edit- “festa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
editOld Irish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom earlier fecht (“occasion”) + -sa (“this”).
Adverb
editfesta
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editVerb
edit·festa
Mutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
·festa | ·ḟesta | ·festa pronounced with /-β(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Old Norse
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Germanic *fastijaną.
Verb
editfesta (past participle festr)
- to fasten
Conjugation
editinfinitive | festa | |
---|---|---|
present participle | festandi | |
past participle | festr | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | festi | festa |
2nd-person singular | festir | festir |
3rd-person singular | festir | festi |
1st-person plural | festum | festum |
2nd-person plural | festið | festuð |
3rd-person plural | festa | festu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | festa | festa |
2nd-person singular | festir | festir |
3rd-person singular | festi | festi |
1st-person plural | festim | festim |
2nd-person plural | festið | festið |
3rd-person plural | festi | festi |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | fest, festi | |
1st-person plural | festum | |
2nd-person plural | festið |
infinitive | festask | |
---|---|---|
present participle | festandisk | |
past participle | festzk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | festumk | festumk |
2nd-person singular | festisk | festisk |
3rd-person singular | festisk | festisk |
1st-person plural | festumsk | festumsk |
2nd-person plural | festizk | festuzk |
3rd-person plural | festask | festusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | festumk | festumk |
2nd-person singular | festisk | festisk |
3rd-person singular | festisk | festisk |
1st-person plural | festimsk | festimsk |
2nd-person plural | festizk | festizk |
3rd-person plural | festisk | festisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | festsk, festisk | |
1st-person plural | festumsk | |
2nd-person plural | festizk |
Descendants
editEtymology 2
editRelated to Etymology 1 above ("fasten").
Noun
editfesta f (genitive festu)
Declension
editEtymology 3
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
editfesta
- inflection of festr:
Noun
editfesta
References
edit- “festa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Anagrams
editPortuguese
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese festa, from Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstum.
Pronunciation
edit
Noun
editfesta f (plural festas)
- party
- Vamos começar a festa. ― Let's get the party started.
- A festa acabou. ― The party's over.
- celebration
- festival
- (religion) feast
- caress
Descendants
edit- Kabuverdianu: festa
- Macanese: festa
- → Konkani: फेस्त (phesta)
- → Malay: pesta
- Indonesian: pesta
- → Sranan Tongo: fesa
- → Dutch: fissa
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editfesta
- inflection of festar:
Romagnol
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin festa (“feast”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editSpanish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editfesta f (plural festas)
Further reading
edit- “festa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editfesta (present festar, preterite festade, supine festat, imperative festa)
Conjugation
editActive | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | festa | festas | ||
Supine | festat | festats | ||
Imperative | festa | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | festen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | festar | festade | festas | festades |
Ind. plural1 | festa | festade | festas | festades |
Subjunctive2 | feste | festade | festes | festades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | festande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
References
editAnagrams
editTernate
editEtymology
editFrom Portuguese festa, from Latin fēstum.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfesta (Jawi فست)
Alternative forms
editReferences
edit- Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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