gasta
- inflection ofgastar:
- third-personsingularpresentindicative
- second-personsingularimperative
gasta
- inflection ofgastar:
- third-personsingularpresentindicative
- second-personsingularimperative
FromMiddle Irishgasta.[2] Bysurface analysis,gas(“sprig, shoot”) +-ta.
gasta
- fast;quick,rapid
- Synonyms:mear,tapa
- quick,clever
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
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- ^“gasta”, inHistorical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gasta”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^Quiggin, E. C. (1906),A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press,§ 380, page128
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gasta”, inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “gasta”, inEnglish-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “gasta”, inNew English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge,2013–2025
gāsta
- genitiveplural ofgāst
gasta
- femininesingular ofgasto
gasta
- inflection ofgastar:
- third-personsingularpresentindicative
- second-personsingularimperative
FromMiddle Irishgasta.
gasta
- excellent,good
- A bheil thu gugasta? ―Are you quite well?
- handsome,beautiful,well-shaped,comely,fine
- a bheanghasta ―his beautiful wife
- nìgasta ―a fine thing
- isgast' am balach thu ―you are a fine fellow
- duinegasta ―a handsome man
- clever,expert,ingenious,skilful
- duinegasta ―a wise and skilful manor a religious man
- generous,open-handed
- chaste
- gallant,brave
17th c., traditional,Alasdair Mhic Cholla Ghasda:Alasdair Mhic,hò hò, Chollaghasta,hò hò
Às dolàimh-sa,hò hò, dh'earbainntapachd,trom eile- Alasdair son of,hò hò,gallant Coll,hò hò
From your hand,hò hò, I'd expect valour,trom eile
- neat
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “gasta”, inFaclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited,→ISBN
- MacLennan, Malcolm (1925),A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant,→OCLC
- IPA(key): /ˈɡasta/[ˈɡas.t̪a]
- Rhymes:-asta
- Syllabification:gas‧ta
gasta
- inflection ofgastar:
- third-personsingularpresentindicative
- second-personsingularimperative
gasta (presentgastar,preteritegastade,supinegastat,imperativegasta)
- toshout, tobawl (shout noisily)
Borrowed fromSpanishgastar.
gastá (Baybayin spellingᜄᜐ᜔ᜆ)
- spending ofmoney
- Synonyms:gugol,gastos,paggugol,paggastos
