fastur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fastr, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz; see it for cognates and further etymology.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -astʊɹ

Adjective

fastur (comparative fastari, superlative fastastur)

1. firm

Declension

Declension of fastur (a21)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fastur	føst	fast
accusative	fastan	fasta	fast
dative	føstum	fastari	føstum
genitive	fasts	fastar/ fastrar	fasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fastir	fastar	føst
accusative	fastar	fastar	føst
dative	føstum	føstum	føstum
genitive	fasta fastra	fasta fastra	fasta fastra

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fastr, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfastʏr/
• Rhymes: -astʏr

Adjective

fastur (comparative fastari, superlative fastastur)

1. stuck

   Bíllinn minn er fastur. ― My car is stuck.

2. fixed, unchanging

Declension

positive forms of fastur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	fastur	föst	fast
	accusative	fastan	fasta
	dative	föstum	fastri	föstu
	genitive	fasts	fastrar	fasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	fastir	fastar	föst
	accusative	fasta
	dative	föstum
	genitive	fastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	fasti	fasta	fasta
	acc/dat/gen	fasta	föstu
	plural (all-case)	föstu

comparative forms of fastur

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	fastari	fastari	fastara
	plural (all-case)	fastari

superlative forms of fastur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	fastastur	föstust	fastast
	accusative	fastastan	fastasta
	dative	föstustum	fastastri	föstustu
	genitive	fastasts	fastastrar	fastasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	fastastir	fastastar	föstust
	accusative	fastasta
	dative	föstustum
	genitive	fastastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	fastasti	fastasta	fastasta
	acc/dat/gen	fastasta	föstustu
	plural (all-case)	föstustu

Related terms

• fast (“with force”) (adverb)

Anagrams

• stafur