justa
Catalan
Pronunciation
Adjective
justa
- feminine singular of just
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from French juste, Italian giusto, English just, all ultimately from Latin iūstus (+ -a).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjusta/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -usta
- Hyphenation: jus‧ta
Adjective
justa (accusative singular justan, plural justaj, accusative plural justajn)
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto ĝusta, English just, French juste, Italian giusto, Spanish justo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʒusta/, /ˈd͡ʒusta/
Adjective
justa
- right, correct, well-grounded, exact, proper (of measure, time, balance, word, thought, etc.); conforming to some proper standard (not in a legal sense)
Derived terms
- adjustigar
- justa-tempe (“at the right time, in the nick of time, precise”)
- nejusta (“improper, wrong”)
See also
Indonesian
Etymology
A variant of dusta.
Noun
justa
- a lie
Latin
Pronunciation
- jūsta: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈjuːs.ta]
- jūsta: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈjus.t̪a]
- jūstā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈjuːs.taː]
- jūstā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈjus.t̪a]
Adjective
jūsta
- inflection of jūstus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Adjective
jūstā
- ablative feminine singular of jūstus
References
- “justa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- justa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈjusːta/
Adverb
justa
- alternative form of juste
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Old Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʒusta/
Noun
justa f (plural justas)
- female equivalent of justo
Adjective
justa
- feminine singular of justo
Portuguese
Adjective
justa
- feminine singular of justo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxusta/ [ˈxus.t̪a]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -usta
- Syllabification: jus‧ta
Etymology 1
Deverbal from justar.
Noun
justa f (plural justas)
- tournament
- joust
- jousting (often in the plural)
Adjective
justa
- feminine singular of justo
Etymology 2
Verb
justa
- inflection of justar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “justa”, 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
Venetan
Adjective
justa
- feminine singular of justo