fosta

See also: fostă, føsta, and FOSTA

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfˠɔsˠt̪ˠə/[1]

Etymology 1

    From Middle Irish fosta.[2]

    Adjective

    fosta

    1. (literary) steady, steadfast
    Declension
    Declension of fosta
    Positive singular plural
    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

    Etymology 2

      From fós (“yet, still”).

      Adverb

      fosta

      1. also
      Synonyms

      Mutation

      Mutated forms of fosta
      radical lenition eclipsis
      fosta fhosta bhfosta

      Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
      All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

      References

      1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 198
      2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 fosta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

      Further reading

      Romanian

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [ˈfosta]

      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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