fosta

See also: fostă, føsta, and FOSTA

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish fosta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɔsˠt̪ˠə/

Adjective

fosta

1. (literary) steady, steadfast

Declension

Declension of fosta

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
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

• fostacht (“firmness, steadiness”)

Adverb

fosta

1. also

Synonyms

• chomh maith
• freisin
• leis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fosta	fhosta	bhfosta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fosta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfosta]

Noun

fosta f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of fostă

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Old High German fastēn. Cognate with German fasten.

Verb

fosta

1. to fast

Related terms

• fost
• fosttak