féasta

See also: feasta

Irish

Alternative forms

  • féasda, feusda, feusta (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English feeste, feste, from Old French feste, from Late Latin festa, from the plural of Latin fēstum (“holiday, festival, feast”).

Pronunciation

Noun

féasta m (genitive singular féasta, nominative plural féastaí)

  1. feast, banquet
    Synonyms: cóisir, fleá, coirm

Declension

Declension of féasta (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative féasta féastaí
vocative a fhéasta a fhéastaí
genitive féasta féastaí
dative féasta féastaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an féasta na féastaí
genitive an fhéasta na bhféastaí
dative leis an bhféasta
don fhéasta 		leis na féastaí

Derived terms

  • féastach (“festive”, adjective)
  • féastaigh (“feast”, verb)
  • féastathach (“merrymaker”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of féasta
radical lenition eclipsis
féasta fhéasta bhféasta

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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