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fosta

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See also: fostă, føsta, and FOSTA

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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    From Middle Irish fosta.[2]

    Adjective

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    fosta

    1. (literary) steady, steadfast
    Declension
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    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 nĂ­os 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
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    • fostacht (“firmness, steadiness”)

    Etymology 2

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      From fós (“yet, still”).

      Adverb

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      fosta

      1. also
      Synonyms
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      Mutation

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      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

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      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

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      • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “fosta”, in FoclĂłir Gaeḋilge agus BĂŠarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 332
      • Ó DĂłnaill, Niall (1977), “fosta”, in FoclĂłir Gaeilge–BĂŠarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An GĂşm, →ISBN
      • de Bhaldraithe, TomĂĄs (1959), “fosta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An GĂşm
      • “fosta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

      Romanian

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      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      fosta f

      1. definite nominative/accusative singular of fostă

      Vilamovian

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      Etymology

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      From Old High German fastēn. Cognate with German fasten.

      Verb

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      fosta

      1. to fast
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