dusta

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay dusta (“lie”), from Sanskrit दुष्ट (duṣṭa, “wicked, evil, corrupt”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dus.ta/
  • Hyphenation: dus‧ta

Adjective

dusta

  1. lie, untruth, intentionally false.
    Synonym: bohong

Derived terms
  • berdusta
  • mendusta
  • mendustai
  • mendustakan
  • pendusta
  • sedusta

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English dust, from Middle English dust, doust, from Old English dūst (“dust”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠʊsˠt̪ˠə/
  • (Western Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɪsˠt̪ˠə/[1]

Noun

dusta m (genitive singular dusta)

  1. dust
    • 1977, Tomás de Bhaldraithe, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 407 (page 221):
      sin é an ceann a mbíonn an dusta ag imtheacht as, seans
      That’s the one the dust is coming out of, perhaps.

Declension
Declension of dusta

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative dusta
Vocative a dhusta
Genitive dusta
Dative dusta

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an dusta
Genitive an dusta
Dative leis an dusta

don dusta

Synonyms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dusta dhusta ndusta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1975, The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 652.
  • Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1977, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 407 (page 221).
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