festi

See also: fești

Esperanto

Etymology

festo +‎ -i

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfesti/

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• Rhymes: -esti
• Hyphenation: fes‧ti

Verb

festi (present festas, past festis, future festos, conditional festus, volitive festu)

1. (ambitransitive) to celebrate

Conjugation

Conjugation of festi

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		festas		festis		festos
active participle		festanta	festantaj	festinta	festintaj	festonta	festontaj
	acc.	festantan	festantajn	festintan	festintajn	festontan	festontajn
passive participle		festata	festataj	festita	festitaj	festota	festotaj
	acc.	festatan	festatajn	festitan	festitajn	festotan	festotajn
nominal active participle		festanto	festantoj	festinto	festintoj	festonto	festontoj
	acc.	festanton	festantojn	festinton	festintojn	festonton	festontojn
nominal passive participle		festato	festatoj	festito	festitoj	festoto	festotoj
	acc.	festaton	festatojn	festiton	festitojn	festoton	festotojn
adverbial active participle		festante		festinte		festonte
adverbial passive participle		festate		festite		festote
		infinitive	festi	imperative	festu	conditional	festus

Related terms

• celebri

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛstɪ/

Noun

festi n (genitive singular festis, plural festi)

1. fastening, fixation

Declension

Declension of festi (n24)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	festi	festið	festi, festir	festini
accusative	festi	festið	festi, festir	festini
dative	festi	festnum, festinum	festum	festunum
genitive	festis	festisins	festa	festanna

Verb

festi

1. I, you, he, she, it fastened, singular past tense form of festa.

Hungarian

Etymology

fest +‎ -i

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛʃti]
• Hyphenation: fes‧ti
• Rhymes: -ti

Verb

festi

1. third-person singular indicative present definite of fest

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛstɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɛstɪ

Noun

festi f (genitive singular festar, nominative plural festar)

1. chain

   Synonym: keðja

2. rope, cord

   Synonym: kaðall

Declension

Declension of festi (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	festi	festin	festar	festarnar
accusative	festi	festina	festar	festarnar
dative	festi	festinni	festum	festunum
genitive	festar	festarinnar	festa	festanna

Derived terms

• hálsfesti (“necklace”)

Italian

Verb

festi

1. (archaic, poetic) second-person singular past historic of fare

Latin

Adjective

fēstī

1. inflection of fēstus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Noun

fēstī

1. genitive singular of fēstum

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

festi

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of fest f
2. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of feste n

Old Dutch

Etymology

From fast (“firm”) +‎ -i.

Noun

festi f

1. firmness
2. firmament
3. fortification, bulwark

Inflection

Declension of festi (feminine īn-stem noun - no plural)

case	singular
nominative	festi
accusative	festi
genitive	festi
dative	festi

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: veste
  • Dutch: vest
  • Limburgish: vès

References

• “festi”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fast, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz; see it for cognates and further etymology.

Adjective

festi

1. firm

Alternative forms

• fast, fasti

Derived terms

• festī

Descendants

• Middle High German: veste, vast, vest
  • Alemannic German: fescht
  • Central Franconian: fass, fast, fest
  • German: fest
  • ⇒ Cimbrian: vésten, bésten (Mezzaselva)

Etymology 2

From the adjective festi: festi +‎ -ī.

Noun

festī f

1. firmness

Declension

Declension of festī (īn-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	festī	festī
accusative	festī	festī
genitive	festī	festino
dative	festī	festinum

Adverb

festī

1. certain

References

• Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen

Old Norse

Noun

festi

1. accusative singular indefinite of festr
2. dative singular indefinite of festr

Participle

festi

1. weak masculine nominative singular of festr

Verb

festi

1. first-person singular present indicative active of festa
2. third-person singular past indicative active of festa
3. third-person present subjunctive active of festa
4. third-person past subjunctive active of festa
5. second-person singular imperative active of festa

Anagrams

• stefi