vasta
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Catalan
Pronunciation
Adjective
vasta
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: vas‧ta
Noun
vasta
Declension
References
Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
vasta (accusative singular vastan, plural vastaj, accusative plural vastajn)
Derived terms
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
< vasta- (“counter-; just, recently, freshly”)
Adverb
vasta
- Expressing delay or that something takes place later; not ... until, only, but
- Antonym: jo
- Hänen piti tulla tänään, mutta hän tuleekin vasta ylihuomenna.
- He was expected today, but he does not come until the day after tomorrow.
- Ota ensin asioista selvää, ja puhu vasta sitten!
- First find out the facts and speak only thereafter!
- Expressing that something happened only recently; newly, freshly, just
- Expressing disappointment or frustration in a task; only
- Synonym: vain
- Antonyms: jo, jopa
- Hän oli tässä kilpailussa vasta kolmantena.
- He was only third in this race.
- Olen edennyt vasta vähän kaikista ponnisteluistani huolimatta.
- Despite all my effort I have made only a little progress until now.
- Olemme kävelleet vasta kymmenen kilometriä ja olen jo aivan uupunut.
- We have walked only ten kilometers and I am already completely exhausted.
- Ja nyt vasta hän huomaa kertoa jotain noin tärkeää...
- Now he thinks to tell me something so important...
Derived terms
Further reading
- “2. vasta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old East Slavic хвостъ (xvostŭ). Related to Ingrian vasta, Karelian vašta, Ludian vast and Veps vast. Alternatively a Germanic borrowing; compare Swedish kvast.
Noun
vasta
- bath broom, a kind of whip made of birch twigs and used in the sauna to enhance the effect of heat by gently beating oneself with it.
- Synonyms: vihta, saunavasta, saunavihta
Usage notes
See usage notes under vihta.
Declension
| Inflection of vasta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | vasta | vastat | |
| genitive | vastan | vastojen | |
| partitive | vastaa | vastoja | |
| illative | vastaan | vastoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | vasta | vastat | |
| accusative | nom. | vasta | vastat |
| gen. | vastan | ||
| genitive | vastan | vastojen vastain rare | |
| partitive | vastaa | vastoja | |
| inessive | vastassa | vastoissa | |
| elative | vastasta | vastoista | |
| illative | vastaan | vastoihin | |
| adessive | vastalla | vastoilla | |
| ablative | vastalta | vastoilta | |
| allative | vastalle | vastoille | |
| essive | vastana | vastoina | |
| translative | vastaksi | vastoiksi | |
| abessive | vastatta | vastoitta | |
| instructive | — | vastoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
See also
Further reading
- “1. vasta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Anagrams
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto vasta, English vast, French vaste, Italian vasto, Spanish vasto.
Pronunciation
Adjective
vasta
Derived terms
- vastega
- vasteso
Ingrian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic хвостъ (xvostŭ, “tail”), from Proto-Slavic *xvostъ. Cognates include Finnish vasta and Veps vast.
Alternatively, borrowed from a Germanic language, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kwastuz (“tassel”). Compare Swedish kvast.
Pronunciation
Noun
vasta
- bath broom (whip made of birch twigs and used in saunas to enhance the effect of heat)
Declension
| Declension of vasta (type 3/kana, st-ss gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | vasta | vassat |
| genitive | vassan | vastoin |
| partitive | vastaa | vastoja |
| illative | vastaa | vastoi |
| inessive | vassaas | vassois |
| elative | vassast | vassoist |
| allative | vassalle | vassoille |
| adessive | vassaal | vassoil |
| ablative | vassalt | vassoilt |
| translative | vassaks | vassoiks |
| essive | vastanna, vastaan | vastoinna, vastoin |
| exessive1) | vastant | vastoint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Synonyms
- (chiefly Ala-Laukaa) vihta
Derived terms
References
Italian
Pronunciation
Adjective
vasta
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- vāsta: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯aːs.ta/, [ˈu̯äːs̠t̪ä]
- vāsta: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvas.ta/, [ˈväst̪ä]
- vāstā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯aːs.taː/, [ˈu̯äːs̠t̪äː]
- vāstā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvas.ta/, [ˈväst̪ä]
Adjective
vāsta
- inflection of vāstus:
Adjective
vāstā
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Adjective
vasta
Etymology 2
Verb
vasta
- inflection of vastar:
Spanish
Pronunciation
Adjective
vasta
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