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Icelandic
Etymology
Compound of páskar (“Easter”, noun) + fasta (“fast”, noun), literally “fasting of easter”.
Noun
páskafasta f (genitive singular páskaföstu, nominative plural páskaföstur)
- (religion) a fasting of seven weeks during Easter
- Synonyms: langafasta (f), sjöviknafasta (f)
Declension
Declension of páskafasta (feminine)
References
- Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2024), “páskafasta”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
- Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið