fasta
Asturian
Alternative forms
- ata
- ta (Central Asturias)
- hasta
- ḥasta (Eastern Asturias)
- ḥata (Cabrales)
- hástasa (used only with some adverbs)
- Hástasagora ― Until now
- Hástasa equí ― Up to here
- Hástasarriba ― Up to the top
- ḥástasa (used only with some adverbs, Eastern Asturias)
Preposition
fasta
Gothic
Romanization
fasta
- romanization of 𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfasta/
- Rhymes: -asta
Etymology 1
From Old Norse fasta, from Proto-Germanic *fastāną.
Verb
fasta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fastaði, supine fastað)
- to fast
Conjugation
| infinitive nafnháttur | að fasta | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine sagnbót | fastað | |||||
| present participle |
fastandi | |||||
| indicative |
subjunctive | |||||
| present |
past |
present |
past | |||
| singular | ég | fasta | fastaði | fasti | fastaði | |
| þú | fastar | fastaðir | fastir | fastaðir | ||
| hann, hún, það | fastar | fastaði | fasti | fastaði | ||
| plural | við | föstum | föstuðum | föstum | föstuðum | |
| þið | fastið | föstuðuð | fastið | föstuðuð | ||
| þeir, þær, þau | fasta | föstuðu | fasti | föstuðu | ||
| imperative boðháttur | ||||||
| singular | þú | fasta (þú), fastaðu | ||||
| plural | þið | fastið (þið), fastiði1 | ||||
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
Etymology 2
Noun
fasta f (genitive singular föstu, nominative plural föstur)
- fast (abstinence from food)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | fasta | fastan | föstur | fösturnar |
| accusative | föstu | föstuna | föstur | fösturnar |
| dative | föstu | föstunni | föstum | föstunum |
| genitive | föstu | föstunnar | fastna, fasta | fastnanna, fastanna |
Derived terms
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
fāsta
- inflection of fāstus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Adjective
fāstā
- ablative feminine singular of fāstus
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
Noun
fasta m or f
- definite feminine singular of faste
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Verb
fasta
- inflection of faste:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
fasta f
- definite singular of faste
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse fasta, from Proto-Germanic *fastāną.
Verb
fasta
Conjugation
| 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
Spanish
Preposition
fasta
- obsolete form of hasta
Adjective
fasta f
- feminine singular of fasto
Further reading
- “fasta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish fasta, from Old Norse fasta, from Proto-Germanic *fastāną.
Adjective
fasta
- inflection of fast:
- definite singular
- plural
Noun
fasta c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | fasta | fastas |
| definite | fastan | fastans | |
| plural | indefinite | fastor | fastors |
| definite | fastorna | fastornas |
Verb
fasta (present fastar, preterite fastade, supine fastat, imperative fasta)
- to fast
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | fasta | — | ||
| supine | fastat | — | ||
| imperative | fasta | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | fasten | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | fastar | fastade | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | fasta | fastade | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | faste | fastade | — | — |
| present participle | fastande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.