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

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Singular (eintal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	fastur	føst	fast
Accusative (hvønnfall)	fastan	fasta
Dative (hvørjumfall)	føstum	fastari	føstum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(fasts)	(fastar/ fastrar)	(fasts)
Plural (fleirtal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	fastir	fastar	føst
Accusative (hvønnfall)	fastar
Dative (hvørjumfall)	føstum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(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 (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fastur	föst	fast
accusative	fastan	fasta	fast
dative	föstum	fastri	föstu
genitive	fasts	fastrar	fasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fastir	fastar	föst
accusative	fasta	fastar	föst
dative	föstum	föstum	föstum
genitive	fastra	fastra	fastra

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fasti	fasta	fasta
accusative	fasta	föstu	fasta
dative	fasta	föstu	fasta
genitive	fasta	föstu	fasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	föstu	föstu	föstu
accusative	föstu	föstu	föstu
dative	föstu	föstu	föstu
genitive	föstu	föstu	föstu

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fastari	fastari	fastara
accusative	fastari	fastari	fastara
dative	fastari	fastari	fastara
genitive	fastari	fastari	fastara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fastari	fastari	fastari
accusative	fastari	fastari	fastari
dative	fastari	fastari	fastari
genitive	fastari	fastari	fastari

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fastastur	föstust	fastast
accusative	fastastan	fastasta	fastast
dative	föstustum	fastastri	föstustu
genitive	fastasts	fastastrar	fastasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fastastir	fastastar	föstust
accusative	fastasta	fastastar	föstust
dative	föstustum	föstustum	föstustum
genitive	fastastra	fastastra	fastastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fastasti	fastasta	fastasta
accusative	fastasta	föstustu	fastasta
dative	fastasta	föstustu	fastasta
genitive	fastasta	föstustu	fastasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	föstustu	föstustu	föstustu
accusative	föstustu	föstustu	föstustu
dative	föstustu	föstustu	föstustu
genitive	föstustu	föstustu	föstustu

Related terms

• fast (“with force”) (adverb)

Anagrams

• stafur