páskafasta
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of páskar (“Easter”, noun) + fasta (“fast”, noun), literally “fasting of easter”.
Noun
[edit]páskafasta f (genitive singular páskaföstu, nominative plural páskaföstur)
- (religion) a fasting of seven weeks during Easter
- Synonyms: langafasta (f), sjöviknafasta (f)
Declension
[edit]Declension of páskafasta (feminine, based on fasta)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | páskafasta | páskafastan | páskaföstur | páskafösturnar |
| accusative | páskaföstu | páskaföstuna | páskaföstur | páskafösturnar |
| dative | páskaföstu | páskaföstunni | páskaföstum | páskaföstunum |
| genitive | páskaföstu | páskaföstunnar | páskafastna, páskafasta | páskafastnanna, páskafastanna |
References
[edit]- Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “páskafasta”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
- Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið