"fosta" meaning in Irish

See fosta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfˠɔsˠt̪ˠə/
Etymology: From Middle Irish fosta. Etymology templates: {{etymid|ga|steady}}, {{inh|ga|mga|fosta}} Middle Irish fosta Head templates: {{head|ga|adjective||{{{gsm}}}||{{{gsf}}}||{{{gsf2}}}||{{{pl}}}||{{{pl2}}}|||||head=|var=}} fosta, {{ga-adj}} fosta Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], fosta [masculine, nominative, singular], fhosta [feminine, nominative, singular], fosta [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], fhosta [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], fhosta [masculine, singular, vocative], fhosta [feminine, singular, vocative], fosta [error-unrecognized-form, plural, vocative], fhosta [genitive, masculine, singular], fosta [feminine, genitive, singular], fosta [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], fosta [dative, masculine, singular], fhosta [dative, masculine, singular], fhosta [dative, feminine, singular], fosta [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], fhosta [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], níos fosta [comparative, error-unrecognized-form], is fosta [error-unrecognized-form, superlative]
  1. (literary) steady, steadfast Tags: literary Derived forms: fostacht (english: firmness, steadiness)
    Sense id: en-fosta-ga-adj-tGxjbQne
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adverb

IPA: /ˈfˠɔsˠt̪ˠə/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], fosta [error-unrecognized-form], fhosta [lenition], bhfosta [eclipsis]
Etymology: From fós (“yet, still”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ga|also}} Head templates: {{head|ga|adverb|cat2=|head=|var=}} fosta, {{ga-adv}} fosta Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}}
  1. also Synonyms: chomh maith, freisin, leis
    Sense id: en-fosta-ga-adv-u4yGBcVd Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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Download raw JSONL data for fosta meaning in Irish (4.4kB)

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: fosta/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
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