fosta

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See also: fostă, føsta, and FOSTA

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish fosta.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fosta

  1. (literary) steady, steadfast

Declension

Declension of fosta
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive 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

Adverb

fosta

  1. also

Synonyms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fosta fhosta bhfosta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Romanian

Pronunciation

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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