pesta

See also: Pesta, Pešta, and pestä

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pestis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɛs.tə], [ˈpes.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈpɛs.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpɛs.ta]

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Noun

pesta f (plural pestes)

1. plague
2. stink
3. pest

Related terms

• pestífer
• pestilència
• pestilent

Further reading

• “pesta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Estonian

Verb

pesta

1. Da-infinitive of pesema.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛs.ta/

Verb

pesta

1. third-person singular past historic of pester

Anagrams

• pâtes, pâtés, pesât, pétas, tapes, tapés

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• festa (1901–1947)

Etymology

From Malay pesta, from Portuguese festa, from Old Galician-Portuguese festa, from Late Latin fēsta.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛsta/ [ˈpɛs.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ɛsta
• Syllabification: pes‧ta

Noun

pèsta (plural pesta-pesta)

1. party, a social gathering, a gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing

Derived terms

• berpesta
• berpesta-pesta
• memestakan
• pesta demokrasi

Further reading

• “pesta”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpes.ta/, /ˈpɛs.ta/
• Rhymes: -esta, -ɛsta
• Hyphenation: pé‧sta, pè‧sta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from pestare (“to trample”) +‎ -a.

Noun

pesta f (plural peste)

1. (usually in the plural) footprint

   Synonyms: orma, impronta, pedata, traccia

   essere sulle peste di qualcuno

   being in the footsteps of someone

2. (figurative, in the plural) mess, trouble

   Synonyms: guaio, pasticcio

   trovarsi nelle peste

   find oneself in trouble

Derived terms

• pista

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pesta

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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

pesta

1. feminine singular of pesto

Anagrams

• paste, spate

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pestäk.

Verb

pesta

1. (transitive) to wash, to clean

Conjugation

Conjugation of pesta (type II-1/nuolda, no gradation)
Indicative
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	pezen	en peze	1st singular	olen pesnu	en ole pesnu
2nd singular	pezed	ed peze	2nd singular	oled pesnu	ed ole pesnu
3rd singular	pezou	ei peze	3rd singular	on pesnu	ei ole pesnu
1st plural	pezemme	emme peskoi	1st plural	olemme pesnu	emme olgoi pesnu
2nd plural	pezette	ette peskoi	2nd plural	olette pesnu	ette olgoi pesnu
3rd plural	pestah	ei pesta	3rd plural	oldah pestu	ei olda pestu
Imperfect			Pluperfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	pezin	en pesnu	1st singular	olin pesnu	en olnu pesnu
2nd singular	pezid	ed pesnu	2nd singular	olid pesnu	ed olnu pesnu
3rd singular	pezi	ei pesnu	3rd singular	oli pesnu	ei olnu pesnu
1st plural	pezimme	emme pestu	1st plural	olimme pesnu	emme olnu pesnu
2nd plural	pezitte	ette pestu	2nd plural	olitte pesnu	ette olnu pesnu
3rd plural	pestih	ei pestu	3rd plural	oldih pestu	ei oldu pestu
Conditional
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	pezižin	en peziž	1st singular	oližin pesnu	en oliž pesnu
2nd singular	pezižid	ed peziž	2nd singular	oližid pesnu	ed oliž pesnu
3rd singular	peziž	ei peziž	3rd singular	oliž pesnu	ei oliž pesnu
1st plural	pezižimme	emme peziž	1st plural	oližimme pesnu	emme oliž pesnu
2nd plural	pezižitte	ette peziž	2nd plural	oližitte pesnu	ette oliž pesnu
3rd plural	pestaiž	ei pestaiž	3rd plural	oldaiž pestu	ei oldaiž pestu
Imperfect			Pluperfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	pesnuižin	en pesnuiž	1st singular	olnuižin pesnu	en olnuiž pesnu
2nd singular	pesnuižid	ed pesnuiž	2nd singular	olnuižid pesnu	ed olnuiž pesnu
3rd singular	pesnuiž	ei pesnuiž	3rd singular	olnuiž pesnu	ei olnuiž pesnu
1st plural	pesnuižimme	emme pesnuiž	1st plural	olnuižimme pesnu	emme olnuiž pesnu
2nd plural	pesnuižitte	ette pesnuiž	2nd plural	olnuižitte pesnu	ette olnuiž pesnu
3rd plural	pestanuiž	ei pestanuiž	3rd plural	oldanuiž pestu	ei oldanuiž pestu
Imperative
Present
	positive	negative
1st singular	—	—
2nd singular	peze	ala peze
3rd singular	peskah	algah peskoi
1st plural	peskam	algam peskoi
2nd plural	peskat	algat peskoi
3rd plural	pestakkah	aldagah peskoi
Potential
Present			Perfect
	positive	negative		positive	negative
1st singular	pesnen	en pesne	1st singular	lienen pesnu	en liene pesnu
2nd singular	pesned	ed pesne	2nd singular	liened pesnu	ed liene pesnu
3rd singular	pesnou	ei pesne	3rd singular	lienou pesnu	ei liene pesnu
1st plural	pesnemme	emme pesne	1st plural	lienemme pesnu	emme liekoi pesnu
2nd plural	pesnette	ette pesne	2nd plural	lienette pesnu	ette liekoi pesnu
3rd plural	pestaneh	ei pestane	3rd plural	lietah pestu	ei liekoi pestu
Nominal forms
Infinitives			Participles
				active	passive
I		pesta	present	pezij	pestav
II	inessive	pestes	past	pesnu	pestu
	essive	pesten
III	illative	pezemah
	inessive	pezemas
	elative	pezemaspiä
	adessive	pezemal
	abessive	pezemata

References

• M. Pahomov (2022), Lüüdi-venän, venä-lüüdin sanakirdʹ‎^[1], Helsinki: Lüüdilaine Siebr, →ISBN

Malay

Etymology

From Portuguese festa.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a
• Rhymes: -ta

Noun

pesta (Jawi spelling ڤيستا, plural pesta-pesta or pesta²)

1. party

Descendants

• Indonesian: pesta

Further reading

• "pesta" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• pesten

Noun

pesta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of pest

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• pesten

Noun

pesta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of pest

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpes.ta]

Noun

pesta

1. alternative form of festa (“party, celebration”)

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pestäk.

Verb

pesta

1. to wash
2. to clean

Inflection

Inflection of pesta (inflection type 25/purda)
1st infinitive	pesta
present indic.	pezeb
past indic.	pezi
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	pezen	pezin	—
2nd singular	pezed	pezid	peze
3rd singular	pezeb	pezi	peskaha
1st plural	pezem	pezim	peskam
2nd plural	pezet	pezit	peskat
3rd plural	pestas pezeba	peziba	peskaha
sing. conneg.1	peze	pezend	peze
plur. conneg.	peskoi	peznugoi	peskoi
	present conditional	past conditional	potential
1st singular	pezižin	peznuižin	peznen
2nd singular	pezižid	peznuižid	pezned
3rd singular	peziži	peznuiži	pezneb
1st plural	pezižim	peznuižim	peznem
2nd plural	pezižit	peznuižit	peznet
3rd plural	pezižiba	peznuižiba	pezneba
connegative	peziži	peznuiži	pezne
non-finite forms
1st infinitive	pesta
2nd infinitive		3rd infinitive
inessive	pestes	inessive	pezmas
instructive	pesten	illative	pezmaha
participles		elative	pezmaspäi
present active	pezii	adessive	pezmal
past active	peznu	abessive	pezmat
past passive	pestud
1 In imperative: used only in the second-person singular. The plural form is used with other persons.

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “вымыть, выстирать, мыть, стирать”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika