fasta

See also: fásta and fästa

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ata
• ta (Central Asturias)
• hasta
• ḥasta (Eastern Asturias)
• ḥata (Cabrales)
• hástasa (used only with some adverbs)

  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	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	fasta	fastaði		fasti	fastaði
	þú	fastar	fastaðir		fastir	fastaðir
	hann, hún, það	fastar	fastaði		fasti	fastaði
plural	við	föstum	föstuðum		föstum	föstuðum
	þið	fastið	föstuðuð		fastið	föstuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	fasta	föstuðu		fasti	föstuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	fasta (þú), fastaðu
plural	þið	fastið (þið), fastiði1

¹ 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, from Proto-Germanic *fastǭ.

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	fastna, fasta	fastnanna, 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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	—	—
present participle		fastande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Anagrams

• fasat