gasta

See also: gastá

Catalan

Verb

gasta

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

Galician

Verb

gasta

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

Irish

Alternative forms

• gasda (obsolete)^[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish gasta.^[2] By surface analysis, gas (“sprig, shoot”) +‎ -ta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡasˠt̪ˠə/^[3]

Adjective

gasta

1. fast; quick, rapid

   Synonyms: mear, tapa

2. quick, clever

Declension

Declension of gasta

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	gasta	ghasta	gasta; ghasta2
vocative	ghasta		gasta
genitive		gasta	gasta	gasta
dative	gasta; ghasta1	ghasta	gasta; ghasta2
Comparative	níos gasta
Superlative	is gasta

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

• Alternative comparative degree: gaiste

Derived terms

• gastacht f (“quickness”)
• gastaire m (“clever person”)
• gastóg f (“quick retort; clever girl”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gasta

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gasta	ghasta	ngasta

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

References

1. “gasta”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
2. Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gasta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 380, page 128

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gasta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gasta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gasta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡas.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡas.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡas.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʃ.tɐ/

Etymology 1

Participle

gasta

1. feminine singular of gasto

Etymology 2

Verb

gasta

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

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• gasda (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish gasta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkas̪t̪ə/

Adjective

gasta

1. excellent, good

   A bheil thu gu gasta? ― Are you quite well?

2. handsome, beautiful, well-shaped, comely, fine

   a bhean ghasta ― his beautiful wife

   nì gasta ― a fine thing

   is gast' am balach thu ― you are a fine fellow

   duine gasta ― a handsome man

3. clever, expert, ingenious, skilful

   duine gasta ― a wise and skilful man or a religious man

4. generous, open-handed
5. chaste
6. gallant, brave
   • 17th c., traditional, Alasdair Mhic Cholla Ghasda:

     Alasdair Mhic, hò hò, Cholla ghasta, hò hò
     Às do làimh-sa, hò hò, dh'earbainn tapachd, trom eile

     Alasdair son of, hò hò, gallant Coll, hò hò
     From your hand, hò hò, I'd expect valour, trom eile

7. neat

Mutation

Mutation of gasta

radical	lenition
gasta	ghasta

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “gasta”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡasta/ [ˈɡas.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -asta
• Syllabification: gas‧ta

Verb

gasta

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

Swedish

Verb

gasta (present gastar, preterite gastade, supine gastat, imperative gasta)

1. to shout, to bawl (shout noisily)

Conjugation

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	gasta		—
Supine	gastat		—
Imperative	gasta		—
Imper. plural1	gasten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	gastar	gastade	—	—
Ind. plural1	gasta	gastade	—	—
Subjunctive2	gaste	gastade	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	gastande
Past participle	gastad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Conjugation of gasta (weak)

References

• gasta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gasta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gasta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• agats, gatas, tagas

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gastar.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡasˈta/ [ɡɐsˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: gas‧ta

Noun

gastá (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. spending of money

   Synonyms: gugol, gastos, paggugol, paggastos

Derived terms

• gastahan
• gastahin
• gumasta
• magasta
• maggagasta
• magpakagasta
• pagastahan
• pagastahin
• paggasta
• pagkagastahan
• pagpapakagasta
• pinagkakagastahan

 

Related terms

• gastador
• gastadora

Anagrams

• sagat, tagas, gatas