lasta

See also: lästa

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English last. First attested in Zamenhof's Unua Libro (1887).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlasta/

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• Rhymes: -asta
• Syllabification: las‧ta

Adjective

lasta (accusative singular lastan, plural lastaj, accusative plural lastajn)

1. last (opposite of first)
   • 1952, F. Omelka, La Alaska stafeto‎^[1]:

     En la lasta momento Kasson ekhavis feliĉan ideon.

     At the last moment Kasson had a happy idea.

Derived terms

• antaŭlasta (“penultimate”)
• Lasta Juĝo (“doomsday”)
• lastaĵo (“tail end”)
• lastatempa (“recent”)
• lastatempe (“lately”)
• praantaŭlasta (“second from last”)

See also

• fina

Further reading

• “lasta”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “lasta”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Estonian

Verb

lasta

1. Da-infinitive of laskma.

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑstɑ/, [ˈlɑ̝s̠tɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑstɑ
• Syllabification^(key): las‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): las‧ta

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *lasta, possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Latvian lazda (“hazel”)), as hazelwood was a common material for utensils.

Noun

lasta

1. a tool with a handle and a wide, flat blade
   1. spatula, scraper (kitchen tool)

      Synonym: kaavin

   2. squeegee (window wiping tool)

      Synonym: ikkunalasta

   3. synonym of paistinlasta (“turner (kitchen tool)”)
   4. putty knife, spackle knife, scraper, spatula (construction tool)

      Synonym: muurauslasta

   5. taping knife, joint knife (broad smoothing tool)

      Synonym: tasoituslasta

   6. spudger
2. (medicine) splint (device to immobilize a body part)

   Synonym: spatula

Declension

Inflection of lasta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		lasta	lastat
genitive		lastan	lastojen
partitive		lastaa	lastoja
illative		lastaan	lastoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		lasta	lastat
accusative	nom.	lasta	lastat
	gen.	lastan
genitive		lastan	lastojen lastain rare
partitive		lastaa	lastoja
inessive		lastassa	lastoissa
elative		lastasta	lastoista
illative		lastaan	lastoihin
adessive		lastalla	lastoilla
ablative		lastalta	lastoilta
allative		lastalle	lastoille
essive		lastana	lastoina
translative		lastaksi	lastoiksi
abessive		lastatta	lastoitta
instructive		—	lastoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of lasta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative lastani lastani accusative nom. lastani lastani gen. lastani genitive lastani lastojeni lastaini rare partitive lastaani lastojani inessive lastassani lastoissani elative lastastani lastoistani illative lastaani lastoihini adessive lastallani lastoillani ablative lastaltani lastoiltani allative lastalleni lastoilleni essive lastanani lastoinani translative lastakseni lastoikseni abessive lastattani lastoittani instructive — — comitative — lastoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative lastasi lastasi accusative nom. lastasi lastasi gen. lastasi genitive lastasi lastojesi lastaisi rare partitive lastaasi lastojasi inessive lastassasi lastoissasi elative lastastasi lastoistasi illative lastaasi lastoihisi adessive lastallasi lastoillasi ablative lastaltasi lastoiltasi allative lastallesi lastoillesi essive lastanasi lastoinasi translative lastaksesi lastoiksesi abessive lastattasi lastoittasi instructive — — comitative — lastoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative lastamme lastamme accusative nom. lastamme lastamme gen. lastamme genitive lastamme lastojemme lastaimme rare partitive lastaamme lastojamme inessive lastassamme lastoissamme elative lastastamme lastoistamme illative lastaamme lastoihimme adessive lastallamme lastoillamme ablative lastaltamme lastoiltamme allative lastallemme lastoillemme essive lastanamme lastoinamme translative lastaksemme lastoiksemme abessive lastattamme lastoittamme instructive — — comitative — lastoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative lastanne lastanne accusative nom. lastanne lastanne gen. lastanne genitive lastanne lastojenne lastainne rare partitive lastaanne lastojanne inessive lastassanne lastoissanne elative lastastanne lastoistanne illative lastaanne lastoihinne adessive lastallanne lastoillanne ablative lastaltanne lastoiltanne allative lastallenne lastoillenne essive lastananne lastoinanne translative lastaksenne lastoiksenne abessive lastattanne lastoittanne instructive — — comitative — lastoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative lastansa lastansa accusative nom. lastansa lastansa gen. lastansa genitive lastansa lastojensa lastainsa rare partitive lastaansa lastojaan lastojansa inessive lastassaan lastassansa lastoissaan lastoissansa elative lastastaan lastastansa lastoistaan lastoistansa illative lastaansa lastoihinsa adessive lastallaan lastallansa lastoillaan lastoillansa ablative lastaltaan lastaltansa lastoiltaan lastoiltansa allative lastalleen lastallensa lastoilleen lastoillensa essive lastanaan lastanansa lastoinaan lastoinansa translative lastakseen lastaksensa lastoikseen lastoiksensa abessive lastattaan lastattansa lastoittaan lastoittansa instructive — — comitative — lastoineen lastoinensa

Derived terms

• lastoittaa
• lastu

compounds

• haarukkalasta
• huurrelasta
• ikkunalasta
• ilmalasta
• lastasidos
• lattialasta
• liimalasta
• muurauslasta
• paistinlasta
• piirakkalasta
• poimintalasta
• rappauslasta
• rintalasta
• saumauslasta
• tapettilasta
• tasoituslasta

Further reading

• “lasta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Etymology 2

Noun

lasta

1. partitive singular of lapsi

Anagrams

• atlas, salat, talas

Icelandic

Etymology 1

Verb

lasta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lastaði, supine lastað)

1. to blame

Conjugation

lasta – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að lasta
supine sagnbót		lastað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		lastandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	lasta	lastaði		lasti	lastaði
	þú	lastar	lastaðir		lastir	lastaðir
	hann, hún, það	lastar	lastaði		lasti	lastaði
plural	við	löstum	löstuðum		löstum	löstuðum
	þið	lastið	löstuðuð		lastið	löstuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	lasta	löstuðu		lasti	löstuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	lasta (þú), lastaðu
plural	þið	lastið (þið), lastiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

lastast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að lastast
supine sagnbót		lastast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		lastandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	lastast	lastaðist		lastist	lastaðist
	þú	lastast	lastaðist		lastist	lastaðist
	hann, hún, það	lastast	lastaðist		lastist	lastaðist
plural	við	löstumst	löstuðumst		löstumst	löstuðumst
	þið	lastist	löstuðust		lastist	löstuðust
	þeir, þær, þau	lastast	löstuðust		lastist	löstuðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	lastast (þú), lastastu
plural	þið	lastist (þið), lastisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

lastaður — 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)	lastaður	löstuð	lastað	lastaðir	lastaðar	löstuð
accusative (þolfall)	lastaðan	lastaða	lastað	lastaða	lastaðar	löstuð
dative (þágufall)	löstuðum	lastaðri	löstuðu	löstuðum	löstuðum	löstuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	lastaðs	lastaðrar	lastaðs	lastaðra	lastaðra	lastaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	lastaði	lastaða	lastaða	löstuðu	löstuðu	löstuðu
accusative (þolfall)	lastaða	löstuðu	lastaða	löstuðu	löstuðu	löstuðu
dative (þágufall)	lastaða	löstuðu	lastaða	löstuðu	löstuðu	löstuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	lastaða	löstuðu	lastaða	löstuðu	löstuðu	löstuðu

Etymology 2

Noun

lasta

1. indefinite genitive plural of löstur

Anagrams

• alast
• salat
• salta

Ingrian

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑstɑ/, [ˈɫɑs̠t]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑst/, [ˈɫɑʃt], /ˈlɑstɑ/, [ˈɫɑʃtɑ]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑstɑ/, [ˈɫɑʃtɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑst, -ɑstɑ
• Hyphenation: las‧ta

Noun

lasta

1. partitive singular of laps

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 249
• Arvo Laanest (1997), Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 97

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠɑsˠt̪ˠə/, /ˈl̪ˠasˠt̪ˠə/

Etymology 1

From Middle English last, from Old English hlæst, from Proto-West Germanic *hlasti.

Alternative forms

• last

Noun

lasta m (genitive singular lasta, nominative plural lastaí)

1. freight (load), cargo
2. last, load, large quantity

Synonyms

• (load): ualach
• (freight, cargo): lastas
• (cargo): lucht

Derived terms

• gan lasta (“unladen”)
• lasta loinge m (“shipload”)
• lasta scaoilte m (“bulk cargo”)
• lastáil (“to load, lade”)
• lastas m (“cargo; freight; shipment”)

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “last, -a”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 633; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “lasta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

lasta

1. past participle of las
2. at high speed

Noun

lasta m

1. genitive singular of lasadh

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch last (“burden, load”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlas.ta/
• Rhymes: -asta
• Hyphenation: là‧sta

Noun

lasta f (plural laste)

1. a unit of measurement of Northern Europe for dry goods

Anagrams

• salta

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Sami *lëstë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈlasːta/

Noun

lasta

1. leaf

Inflection

Even a-stem, st-stt gradation
Nominative	lasta
Genitive	lastta
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lasta	lasttat
Accusative	lastta	lasttaid
Genitive	lastta	lasttaid
Illative	lastii	lasttaide
Locative	lasttas	lasttain
Comitative	lasttain	lasttaiguin
Essive	lastan
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person lastan lastame lastamet 2nd person lastat lastade lastadet 3rd person lastas lastaska lastaset

Further reading

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• lasten (of noun)
• lastet (of verb)

Noun

lasta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of last

Verb

lasta

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• lasten

Noun

lasta f or m

1. definite feminine singular of last

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑːs.tɑ/

Noun

lāsta

1. genitive plural of lāst

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• lēsta

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laistijan. Cognate with Old English lǣstan, Old Saxon lēstian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːsta/

Verb

lāsta

1. (intransitive) to perform

Descendants

• North Frisian: laste

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28

Portuguese

Verb

lasta

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lasta.

Noun

lásta f (Cyrillic spelling ла́ста)

1. swallow (bird)

   Synonym: lastavica

Declension

Declension of lasta

	singular	plural
nominative	lasta	laste
genitive	laste	lasta
dative	lasti	lastama
accusative	lastu	laste
vocative	lasto	laste
locative	lasti	lastama
instrumental	lastom	lastama

Derived terms

• jedna lasta ne čini proljeće

Swedish

Etymology

last +‎ -a

Verb

lasta (present lastar, preterite lastade, supine lastat, imperative lasta)

1. to load; to put a load on something; to fill with cargo.
2. to blame; to put blame on somebody

   Du kan inte lasta mig för det

   You can't blame me for that

Conjugation

Conjugation of lasta (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	lasta		lastas
supine	lastat		lastats
imperative	lasta		—
imper. plural1	lasten		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	lastar	lastade	lastas	lastades
ind. plural1	lasta	lastade	lastas	lastades
subjunctive2	laste	lastade	lastes	lastades
present participle		lastande
past participle		lastad

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

Related terms

• lastning

Descendants

• → Finnish: lastata

References

• “lasta”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “lasta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “lasta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• salta, talas