festa

See also: Festa, fèsta, fësta, and fešta
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English

Etymology

Borrowed from ItalianCategory:English terms borrowed from Italian#FESTACategory:English terms borrowed from Catalan#FESTACategory:English terms borrowed from Portuguese#FESTACategory:English terms borrowed from Maltese#FESTACategory:English terms derived from Italian#FESTA, CatalanCategory:English terms borrowed from Italian#FESTACategory:English terms borrowed from Catalan#FESTACategory:English terms borrowed from Portuguese#FESTACategory:English terms borrowed from Maltese#FESTACategory:English terms derived from Italian#FESTACategory:English terms derived from Catalan#FESTA, PortugueseCategory:English terms borrowed from Italian#FESTACategory:English terms borrowed from Catalan#FESTACategory:English terms borrowed from Portuguese#FESTACategory:English terms borrowed from Maltese#FESTACategory:English terms derived from Italian#FESTACategory:English terms derived from Catalan#FESTACategory:English terms derived from Portuguese#FESTA, and MalteseCategory:English terms borrowed from Italian#FESTACategory:English terms borrowed from Catalan#FESTACategory:English terms borrowed from Portuguese#FESTACategory:English terms borrowed from Maltese#FESTACategory:English terms derived from Italian#FESTACategory:English terms derived from Catalan#FESTACategory:English terms derived from Portuguese#FESTACategory:English terms derived from Maltese#FESTA festa. Doublet of fete, fiesta, feast, and festCategory:English doublets#FESTA.

Pronunciation

Noun

festa (plural festas)Category:English lemmas#FESTACategory:English nouns#FESTACategory:English countable nouns#FESTACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

  1. A public holiday or feast day in Italy, Portugal, etc.

Anagrams

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from SpanishCategory:Basque terms borrowed from Spanish#FESTACategory:Basque terms derived from Spanish#FESTA fiesta.

Pronunciation

Noun

festa inanCategory:Basque lemmas#FESTACategory:Basque nouns#FESTACategory:Basque entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Basque inanimate nouns#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

  1. feast, festival
    Synonyms: besta, jai
  2. party, partying
    Synonym: parranda

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “festa”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “festa”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late LatinCategory:Catalan terms inherited from Late Latin#FESTACategory:Catalan terms derived from Late Latin#FESTA fēsta, from the plural of LatinCategory:Catalan terms inherited from Latin#FESTACategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#FESTA fēstum. Compare Occitan fèsta or hèsta.

Pronunciation

Noun

festa f (plural festes)Category:Catalan lemmas#FESTACategory:Catalan nouns#FESTACategory:Catalan countable nouns#FESTACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Catalan feminine nouns#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

  1. celebration; party

Derived terms

Further reading

Category:ca:Parties#FESTA

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Adjective

festa (accusative singular festan, plural festaj, accusative plural festajn)Category:Esperanto lemmas#FESTACategory:Esperanto adjectives#FESTACategory:Esperanto entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

  1. festive

Further reading

Fala

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Fala terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#FESTACategory:Fala terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#FESTA festa, from Late LatinCategory:Fala terms inherited from Late Latin#FESTACategory:Fala terms derived from Late Latin#FESTA fēsta.

Pronunciation

Noun

festa f (plural festas)Category:Fala lemmas#FESTACategory:Fala nouns#FESTACategory:Fala countable nouns#FESTACategory:Fala entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Fala feminine nouns#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

  1. party
  2. festivity, holiday
    Synonyms: festividai, fistiviai, fistividai

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 143

Faroese

Etymology

From Old NorseCategory:Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse#FESTACategory:Faroese terms derived from Old Norse#FESTA festa.

Pronunciation

Verb

festa (third person singular past indicative festi, third person plural past indicative fest, supine fest)Category:Faroese lemmas#FESTACategory:Faroese verbs#FESTACategory:Faroese entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

  1. to fasten, to make fast

Usage notes

  • festa fót (“make a settlement”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of festa (group v-9st)
infinitive festa
supine fest
present past
first singular festi festi
second singular festir festi
third singular festir festi
plural festa festu
participle (a5)1 festandi festur
imperative
singular fest!
plural festið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Franco-Provençal

Noun

festaCategory:Franco-Provençal alternative forms#FESTACategory:Franco-Provençal entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA (Old BeaujolaisCategory:Old Franco-Provençal#FESTACategory:Old Beaujolais#FESTA, Old DauphinoisCategory:Old Franco-Provençal#FESTACategory:Old Dauphinois#FESTA)

  1. alternative form of féta (“party, celebration”)

References

Galician

San Sebastian's festa, Aldán, Galicia

Etymology

From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#FESTACategory:Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#FESTA festa, from Late LatinCategory:Galician terms inherited from Late Latin#FESTACategory:Galician terms derived from Late Latin#FESTA fēsta, from the plural of LatinCategory:Galician terms inherited from Latin#FESTACategory:Galician terms derived from Latin#FESTA fēstum.

Pronunciation

Noun

festa f (plural festas)Category:Galician lemmas#FESTACategory:Galician nouns#FESTACategory:Galician countable nouns#FESTACategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Galician feminine nouns#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

  1. festival
    Synonyms: feira, festival
  2. party
    Synonym: esmorga
  3. holiday; festivity
    Synonyms: día de festa, día festivo, día santo

References

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old NorseCategory:Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse#FESTACategory:Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse#FESTA festa.

Verb

festa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative festi, supine fest)Category:Icelandic lemmas#FESTACategory:Icelandic verbs#FESTACategory:Icelandic weak verbs#FESTACategory:Icelandic entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

  1. to fasten [with accusative]
  2. to determine, fix, settle [with accusative]
Conjugation
festa – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að festa
supine sagnbót fest
present participle
lýsingarháttur nútíðar
 festandi
indicative
framsöguháttur
 subjunctive
viðtengingarháttur
present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
 present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
singular ég festi festi festi festi
þú festir festir festir festir
hann, hún, það festir festi festi festi
plural við festum festum festum festum
þið festið festuð festið festuð
þeir, þær, þau festa festu festi festu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú fest (þú), festu
plural þið festið (þið), festiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
festast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að festast
supine sagnbót fest
present participle
lýsingarháttur nútíðar
 festandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
framsöguháttur
 subjunctive
viðtengingarháttur
present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
 present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
singular ég festist festist festist festist
þú festist festist festist festist
hann, hún, það festist festist festist festist
plural við festumst festumst festumst festumst
þið festist festust festist festust
þeir, þær, þau festast festust festist festust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú fest (þú), festu
plural þið festist (þið), festisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
festur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)		 singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)		 masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)		 festur fest fest festir festar fest
accusative
(þolfall)		 festan festa fest festa festar fest
dative
(þágufall)		 festum festri festu festum festum festum
genitive
(eignarfall)		 fests festrar fests festra festra festra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)		 masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)		 festi festa festa festu festu festu
accusative
(þolfall)		 festa festu festa festu festu festu
dative
(þágufall)		 festa festu festa festu festu festu
genitive
(eignarfall)		 festa festu festa festu festu festu
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

festa f (genitive singular festu, no plural)Category:Icelandic lemmas#FESTACategory:Icelandic nouns#FESTACategory:Icelandic uncountable nouns#FESTACategory:Icelandic entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Icelandic feminine nouns#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

  1. resoluteness, steadfastness
    Synonyms: staðfesta, stöðugleiki
Declension
Declension of festa (sg-only feminine)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative festa festan
accusative festu festuna
dative festu festunni
genitive festu festunnar
Category:Icelandic uncountable nouns#FESTA

Italian

Etymology

    Category:Italian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-#FESTACategory:Italian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#FESTACategory:Italian terms inherited from Late Latin#FESTACategory:Italian terms derived from Late Latin#FESTACategory:Italian terms derived from Proto-Italic#FESTACategory:Pages with redundant inline etymon#FESTACategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#FESTA Category:Italian terms derived from Proto-Italic#FESTACategory:Italian terms inherited from Proto-Italic#FESTACategory:Italian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#FESTA

    From Late LatinCategory:Italian terms inherited from Late Latin#FESTACategory:Italian terms derived from Late Latin#FESTA fēsta, from the plural of LatinCategory:Italian terms inherited from Latin#FESTACategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#FESTA fēstus (“festive”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    festa f (plural feste)Category:Italian lemmas#FESTACategory:Italian nouns#FESTACategory:Italian countable nouns#FESTACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Italian feminine nouns#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

    1. feast
    2. holiday (civil)
    3. (in the plural) holidays (British), vacation (US)
    4. fair (often in combination)

    Descendants

    Anagrams

    Italiot Greek

    Etymology

    From LatinCategory:Italiot Greek terms derived from Latin#FESTA festa (“party, feast”).

    Noun

    festa fCategory:Italiot Greek lemmas#FESTACategory:Italiot Greek nouns#FESTACategory:Italiot Greek entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Italiot Greek feminine nouns#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

    1. party, feast

    Ladin

    Etymology

    From Late LatinCategory:Ladin terms inherited from Late Latin#FESTACategory:Ladin terms derived from Late Latin#FESTA fēsta, from the plural of LatinCategory:Ladin terms inherited from Latin#FESTACategory:Ladin terms derived from Latin#FESTA fēstum.

    Noun

    festa f (plural festes)Category:Ladin lemmas#FESTACategory:Ladin nouns#FESTACategory:Ladin entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Ladin feminine nouns#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

    1. (official) holiday

    Latin

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
    Proto-Indo-European *-s
    Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s
    Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁stosder.
    Proto-Italic *θēstos
    Proto-Italic *fēstosder.
    Latin fēstus
    Latin fēsta
    Latin fēsta

      From fēsta (plural of fēstum).

      Category:Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic#FESTACategory:Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#FESTACategory:Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-#FESTACategory:Pages with etymology trees#FESTACategory:Latin entries with etymology trees#FESTACategory:Latin entries with etymology texts#FESTACategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#FESTA

      Noun

      fēsta f (genitive fēstae)Category:Latin lemmas#FESTACategory:Latin nouns#FESTACategory:Latin first declension nouns#FESTACategory:Latin feminine nouns in the first declension#FESTACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Latin feminine nouns#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA; first declension

      1. (Medieval LatinCategory:Medieval Latin#FESTA) party, feast
      Declension

      First-declension noun.

      Descendants

      See descendants under fēstum.

      Etymology 2

      Noun

      fēstaCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#FESTACategory:Latin noun forms#FESTACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

      1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of fēstum

      Adjective

      fēstaCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#FESTACategory:Latin adjective forms#FESTACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

      1. inflection of fēstus:
        1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
        2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

      Adjective

      fēstāCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#FESTACategory:Latin adjective forms#FESTACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

      1. ablative feminine singular of fēstus

      Ligurian

      Noun

      festa f (please provide pluralCategory:Ligurian terms with the plural missing)Category:Ligurian lemmas#FESTACategory:Ligurian nouns#FESTACategory:Ligurian entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Ligurian feminine nouns#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

      1. party (a celebration)
        Émmo fæto 'na festa de Dênâ.
        We had a Christmas party.

      Macanese

      Etymology

      From PortugueseCategory:Macanese terms derived from Portuguese#FESTA festa.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      festaCategory:Macanese lemmas#FESTACategory:Macanese nouns#FESTACategory:Macanese entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

      1. party, fete, gala
        Synonym: fonçám
        festa di quebrâ testa ― big party; solemn commemoration (literally, “party of break forehead”)Category:Macanese terms with collocations#FESTA
        festa di fichâ ano ― birthday partyCategory:Macanese terms with collocations#FESTA
      2. celebration
      3. festival
        Quelê-tánto náchi-náchi na festa
        There were many Chinese people at the festival
        Category:Macanese terms with usage examples#FESTA
      4. (religionCategory:mzs:Religion#FESTA) feast
        missa festa ― high mass (literally, “mass feast”)Category:Macanese terms with collocations#FESTA

      References

      Maltese

      Etymology

      Borrowed from SicilianCategory:Maltese terms borrowed from Sicilian#FESTACategory:Maltese terms derived from Sicilian#FESTA festa and/or ItalianCategory:Maltese terms borrowed from Italian#FESTACategory:Maltese terms derived from Italian#FESTA festa.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      festa f (plural festi, diminutive festin)Category:Maltese lemmas#FESTACategory:Maltese nouns#FESTACategory:Maltese feminine nouns#FESTACategory:Maltese entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Maltese feminine nouns#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

      1. festivity, feast
        Synonyms: festività, għors (obsolete)
      2. feast, celebration, party
      3. name day
      4. holiday, vacation

      Norwegian Bokmål

      Alternative forms

      Verb

      festaCategory:Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms#FESTACategory:Norwegian Bokmål verb forms#FESTACategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

      1. inflection of feste:
        1. simple past
        2. past participle

      Norwegian Nynorsk

      Etymology 1

      From Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse#FESTACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse#FESTA festa, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#FESTACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic#FESTA *fastijaną. Factitive of fast (“(stead)fast”).

      (rent farming land): Calque of DanishCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms calqued from Danish#FESTACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Danish#FESTA fæste.

      Alternative forms

      • feste (e- and split infinitives)

      Verb

      festa (present tense festar or fester, past tense festa or feste, past participle festa or fest, present participle festande, imperative fest)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#FESTACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk verbs#FESTACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs#FESTACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

      1. to fasten, to make fast
      2. to rent a farming land, to copyhold
        Synonym: bygsla

      Etymology 2

      From fest +‎ -aCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -a#FESTA, the first part being derived from LatinCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Latin#FESTA festum.

      Alternative forms

      • feste (e- and split infinitives)

      Verb

      festa (present tense festar, past tense festa, past participle festa, passive infinitive festast, present participle festande, imperative festa/fest)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#FESTACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk verbs#FESTACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs

      1. to party

      Etymology 3

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Alternative forms

      Noun

      festaCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms#FESTACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk noun forms#FESTACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

      1. definite singular of fest f
      2. definite plural of feste n

      References

      Anagrams

      Old Irish

      Pronunciation

      Etymology 1

      From earlier fecht (“occasion”) +‎ -sa (“this”)Category:Old Irish terms suffixed with -sa#FESTA.

      Adverb

      festaCategory:Old Irish lemmas#FESTACategory:Old Irish adverbs#FESTACategory:Old Irish entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

      1. now, forthwith
      2. henceforth
      Derived terms

      Etymology 2

      Verb

      ·festaCategory:Old Irish non-lemma forms#FESTACategory:Old Irish verb forms#FESTACategory:Old Irish entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

      1. second-person singular past subjunctive/conditional prototonic of ro·finnadar

      Mutation

      Mutation of ·festa
      radicallenitionnasalization
      ·festa·ḟesta·festa
      pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/

      Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
      All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

      Old Norse

      Etymology 1

      From Proto-GermanicCategory:Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#FESTACategory:Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic#FESTA *fastijaną.

      Verb

      festa (past participle festr)Category:Old Norse lemmas#FESTACategory:Old Norse verbs#FESTACategory:Old Norse entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

      1. to fasten
      Conjugation
      Conjugation of festa — active (weak class 1)
      infinitive festa
      present participle festandi
      past participle festr
      indicative subjunctive
      present past present past
      1st person singular festi festa festa festa
      2nd person singular festir festir festir festir
      3rd person singular festir festi festi festi
      1st person plural festum festum festim festim
      2nd person plural festið festuð festið festið
      3rd person plural festa festu festi festi
      imperative present
      2nd person singular fest, festi
      1st person plural festum
      2nd person plural festið
      Conjugation of festa — mediopassive (weak class 1)
      infinitive festask
      present participle festandisk
      past participle festzk
      indicative subjunctive
      present past present past
      1st person singular festumk festumk festumk festumk
      2nd person singular festisk festisk festisk festisk
      3rd person singular festisk festisk festisk festisk
      1st person plural festumsk festumsk festimsk festimsk
      2nd person plural festizk festuzk festizk festizk
      3rd person plural festask festusk festisk festisk
      imperative present
      2nd person singular festsk, festisk
      1st person plural festumsk
      2nd person plural festizk
      Category:Old Norse class 1 weak heavy-stem verbs#FESTA
      Descendants
      • Icelandic: festa
      • Faroese: festa
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: festa (“to fasten”)
      • Swedish: fästa
      • Danish: fæste
        • Norwegian Bokmål: feste (“to fasten, to copyhold”)
        • → Norwegian Nynorsk: festa (“to copyhold”)

      Etymology 2

      Related to Etymology 1 above ("fasten").

      Noun

      festa f (genitive festu)Category:Old Norse lemmas#FESTACategory:Old Norse nouns#FESTACategory:Old Norse entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Old Norse feminine nouns#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

      1. bail, pledge
      Declension
      Declension of festa (weak ōn-stem)
      feminine singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative festa festan festur festurnar
      accusative festu festuna festur festurnar
      dative festu festunni festum festunum
      genitive festu festunnar festna festnanna
      Category:Old Norse ōn-stem nouns

      Etymology 3

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Participle

      festaCategory:Old Norse non-lemma forms#FESTACategory:Old Norse participle forms#FESTACategory:Old Norse entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

      1. inflection of festr:
        1. strong feminine accusative singular
        2. strong masculine accusative plural
        3. weak masculine oblique singular
        4. weak feminine nominative singular
        5. weak neuter singular

      Noun

      festaCategory:Old Norse non-lemma forms#FESTACategory:Old Norse noun forms#FESTACategory:Old Norse entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

      1. genitive plural indefinite of festr

      Further reading

      • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “festa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

      Anagrams

      Portuguese

      Etymology 1

      Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia pt

      From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#FESTACategory:Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#FESTA festa, from Late LatinCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Late Latin#FESTACategory:Portuguese terms derived from Late Latin#FESTA fēsta, from the plural of LatinCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Latin#FESTACategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#FESTA fēstum.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      festa f (plural festas, diminutive festinha or festazinha or festim, augmentative festona or festão)Category:Portuguese lemmas#FESTACategory:Portuguese nouns#FESTACategory:Portuguese countable nouns#FESTACategory:Portuguese nouns with red links in their headword lines#FESTACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

      1. party
        Vamos começar a festa. ― Let's get the party started.Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#FESTA
        A festa acabou. ― The party's over.Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#FESTA
      2. celebration
      3. festival
      4. (religionCategory:pt:Religion#FESTA) feast
      5. (figurative) caress
        Synonyms: festinha, afago, carinho, carícia, mimo
        Fazer festas ao gato. ― Pet the cat.Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#FESTA
      Derived terms
      Descendants

      Etymology 2

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Verb

      festaCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#FESTACategory:Portuguese verb forms#FESTACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

      1. inflection of festar:
        1. third-person singular present indicative
        2. second-person singular imperative

      Further reading

      Romagnol

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

      Inherited from LatinCategory:Romagnol terms inherited from Latin#FESTACategory:Romagnol terms derived from Latin#FESTA festa (“feast”).

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      festa f (plural fest)Category:Romagnol lemmas#FESTACategory:Romagnol nouns#FESTACategory:Romagnol entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Romagnol feminine nouns#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA (FaenzaCategory:Faentino Romagnol#FESTA)

      1. feast, festival

      Spanish

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      festa f (plural festas)Category:Spanish lemmas#FESTACategory:Spanish nouns#FESTACategory:Spanish countable nouns#FESTACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Spanish feminine nouns#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

      1. obsolete spelling of fiestaCategory:Spanish obsolete forms#FESTA

      Further reading

      Swedish

      Etymology

      From fest +‎ -aCategory:Swedish terms suffixed with -a#FESTA.

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      festa (present festar, preterite festade, supine festat, imperative festa)Category:Swedish lemmas#FESTACategory:Swedish verbs#FESTACategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

      1. to party (to celebrate at a party)
        Synonyms: partaja, kalasa

      Conjugation

      Conjugation of festa (weak)
      active passive
      infinitive festa festas
      supine festat festats
      imperative festa —
      imper. plural1 festen —
      present past present past
      indicative festar festade festas festades
      ind. plural1 festa festade festas festades
      subjunctive2 feste festade festes festades
      present participle festande
      past participle —

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

      Category:Swedish weak verbs#FESTA

      References

      Anagrams

      Ternate

      Etymology

      From PortugueseCategory:Ternate terms derived from Portuguese#FESTA festa, from LatinCategory:Ternate terms derived from Latin#FESTA fēstum.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      festa (Jawi فست)Category:Ternate lemmas#FESTACategory:Ternate nouns#FESTACategory:Ternate entries with incorrect language header#FESTACategory:Pages with entries#FESTACategory:Pages with 25 entries#FESTA

      1. a party, celebration, feast day

      Alternative forms

      Derived terms

      References

      • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890), Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
      • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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