fosta

See also: fostă, føsta, and FOSTA

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfˠɔsˠt̪ˠə/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish fosta.[1]

Adjective

fosta

  1. (literary) steady, steadfast
Declension
Declension of fosta
Positive singular plural
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

Etymology 2

From fós (“yet, still”).

Adverb

fosta

  1. also
Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of fosta
radical lenition eclipsis
fosta fhosta bhfosta

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 fosta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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
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