fasta

See also: fásta and fästa

Asturian

Alternative forms

• hasta (Castilianism, very widespread)
• ḥasta (Eastern Asturias)
• ḥata (Cabrales)
• ta (Central Asturias)
• hástasa (used only with some adverbs)

1. Hástasagora ― Until now

   Hástasa equí ― Up to here

   Hástasarriba ― Up to the top

• ḥástasa (used only with some adverbs, Eastern Asturias)

Preposition

fasta

1. until

Gothic

Romanization

fasta

1. Romanization of 𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfasta/
  • Rhymes: -asta

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fasta, from Proto-Germanic *fastāną.

Verb

fasta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fastaði, supine fastað)

1. to fast

Conjugation

fasta — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að fasta
supine (sagnbót)		fastað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		fastandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
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

From Old Norse fasta.

Noun

fasta f (genitive singular föstu, nominative plural föstur)

1. fast (abstinence from food)

Declension

Declension of fasta (feminine)

	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

• föstudagur

Anagrams

• stafa

Latin

Adjective

fāsta

1. inflection of fāstus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

fāstā

1. ablative feminine singular of fāstus

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• fasten

Noun

fasta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of faste

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• fastet

Verb

fasta

1. inflection of faste:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

fasta f

1. definite singular of faste

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fasta, from Proto-Germanic *fastāną.

Verb

fasta

1. to fast, to abstain from food

Conjugation

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

Spanish

Preposition

fasta

1. Obsolete form of hasta.

Adjective

fasta f

1. feminine singular of fasto

Further reading

• “fasta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish fasta, from Old Norse fasta, from Proto-Germanic *fastāną.

Adjective

fasta

1. inflection of fast:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Noun

fasta c

1. a period of fasting, lent

Declension

Declension of fasta

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fasta	fastas
	definite	fastan	fastans
plural	indefinite	fastor	fastors
	definite	fastorna	fastornas

Verb

fasta (present fastar, preterite fastade, supine fastat, imperative fasta)

1. to fast

Conjugation

Conjugation of fasta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	fasta		—
Supine	fastat		—
Imperative	fasta		—
Imper. plural1	fasten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	fastar	fastade	—	—
Ind. plural1	fasta	fastade	—	—
Subjunctive2	faste	fastade	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	fastande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Anagrams

• fasat