vásta
Irish
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English wast, waste (“a waste”, noun), from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French wast, waste (“a waste”), from Frankish *wōstī (“a waste”), from Proto-Germanic *wōstaz. Compare English waste.
Noun
editvásta m (genitive singular vásta)
Declension
editDeclension of vásta
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
edit- vástúil (“wasteful”, adjective)
Etymology 2
editNoun
editvásta m (genitive singular vásta, nominative plural vástaí)
- Alternative form of básta (“waist; bellyband”)
Declension
editDeclension of vásta
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
edit- vástchóta m (“waistcoat”)
References
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “vásta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Categories:
- Irish terms borrowed from Middle English
- Irish terms derived from Middle English
- Irish terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- Irish terms derived from Old Northern French
- Irish terms derived from Frankish
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish fourth-declension nouns