gevast

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Participle

gevast

  1. past participle of vasten

Declension

Declension of gevast
uninflected gevast
inflected gevaste
positive
predicative/adverbial gevast
indefinite m./f. sing. gevaste
n. sing. gevast
plural gevaste
definite gevaste
partitive gevasts

Faroese

Etymology

Mediopassive of geva (to give).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃeːvast/

Verb

gevast (third person singular past indicative gavst, third person plural past indicative góvust, supine gevast)

  1. to give up, quit
    gevast ongantíð!
    never give up!
    gevast, meðan leikur er góður
    quit while you're ahead

Conjugation

Conjugation of gevast
infinitive gevast
supine gevast
present past
first singular gevist gavst
second singular gevst gavst
third singular gevst gavst
plural gevast góvust
participle - -
imperative
singular gevast!
plural gevast!

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