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fasta
fasta
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfasta/
- Rhymes: -asta
Etymology 1
From Old Norse fasta, from Proto-Germanic *fastijaną.
Verb
fasta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fastaði, supine fastað)
- to fast
Conjugation
fasta — active voice (germynd)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að fasta | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
fastað | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
fastandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) |
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| present (nútíð) |
ég fasta | við föstum | present (nútíð) |
ég fasti | við föstum |
| þú fastar | þið fastið | þú fastir | þið fastið | ||
| hann, hún, það fastar | þeir, þær, þau fasta | hann, hún, það fasti | þeir, þær, þau fasti | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég fastaði | við föstuðum | past (þátíð) |
ég fastaði | við föstuðum |
| þú fastaðir | þið föstuðuð | þú fastaðir | þið föstuðuð | ||
| hann, hún, það fastaði | þeir, þær, þau föstuðu | hann, hún, það fastaði | þeir, þær, þau föstuðu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
fasta (þú) | fastið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| fastaðu | fastiði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
Etymology 2
Noun
fasta f (genitive singular föstu, nominative plural föstur)
- fast (abstinence from food)
Declension
declension of fasta
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | fasta | fastan | föstur | fösturnar |
| accusative | föstu | föstuna | föstur | fösturnar |
| dative | föstu | föstunni | föstum | föstunum |
| genitive | föstu | föstunnar | fasta | fastanna |
Derived terms
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
fasta
- nominative feminine singular of fastus
- nominative neuter plural of fastus
- accusative neuter plural of fastus
- vocative feminine singular of fastus
- vocative neuter plural of fastus
fastā
- ablative feminine singular of fastus
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
Noun
fasta m, f
- definite feminine singular of faste
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Verb
fasta
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse fasta, from Proto-Germanic *fastijaną.
Verb
fasta
Conjugation
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Conjugation of fasta (weak)
| present | past | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | fasta | — | |||
| participle | fastandi, -e | fastaþer | |||
| active voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| iæk | fastar | fasti, -e | — | fastaþi, -e | fastaþi, -e |
| þū | fastar | fasti, -e | fasta | fastaþi, -e | fastaþi, -e |
| han | fastar | fasti, -e | — | fastaþi, -e | fastaþi, -e |
| vīr | fastum, -om | fastum, -om | fastum, -om | fastaþum, -om | fastaþum, -om |
| īr | fastin | fastin | fastin | fastaþin | fastaþin |
| þēr | fasta | fastin | — | fastaþu, -o | fastaþin |
| mediopassive voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| iæk | — | — | — | — | — |
| þū | — | — | — | — | — |
| han | — | — | — | — | — |
| vīr | — | — | — | — | — |
| īr | — | — | — | — | — |
| þēr | — | — | — | — | — |
Descendants
- Swedish: fasta
Swedish
Adjective
fasta
- absolute singular definite and plural form of fast.
Noun
fasta c
Declension
| Inflection of fasta | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | fasta | fastan | fastor | fastorna |
| Genitive | fastas | fastans | fastors | fastornas |
Etymology
From Old Swedish fasta, from Old Norse fasta, from Proto-Germanic *fastijaną.
Verb
fasta
- to fast