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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish fosta.[1]
Adjective
fosta
- (literary) steady, steadfast
Declension
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Singular
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Plural (m/f)
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| Positive
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Masculine
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Feminine
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(strong noun)
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(weak noun)
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| Nominative
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fosta
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fhosta
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fosta;
fhosta²
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| Vocative
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fhosta
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fosta
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| Genitive
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fosta
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fosta
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fosta
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| Dative
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fosta;
fhosta¹
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fhosta
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fosta;
fhosta²
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| Comparative
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níos fosta
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| Superlative
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is fosta
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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
- also
Synonyms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| fosta
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fhosta
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bhfosta
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fosta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 332
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fosta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fosta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “fosta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Romanian
Pronunciation
Noun
fosta f
- definite nominative/accusative singular of fostă
Vilamovian
Etymology
From Old High German fastēn. Cognate with German fasten.
Verb
fosta
- to fast