justa

See also: Justa, justá, and Jústa

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

justa

1. feminine singular of just

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French juste, Italian giusto, English just, all ultimately from Latin iūstus (+ -a).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjusta]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -usta
• Hyphenation: jus‧ta

Adjective

justa (accusative singular justan, plural justaj, accusative plural justajn)

1. just, fair, righteous, equitable

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto ĝusta, English just, French juste, Italian giusto, Spanish justo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒusta/, /ˈd͡ʒusta/

Adjective

justa

1. right, correct, well-grounded, exact, proper (of measure, time, balance, word, thought, etc.); conforming to some proper standard (not in a legal sense)

Derived terms

• adjustigar
• justa-tempe (“at the right time, in the nick of time, precise”)
• nejusta (“improper, wrong”)

 

See also

• yusta
• korekta
• jus
• justifikar
• ajustar

Indonesian

Etymology

A variant of dusta.

Noun

justa

1. a lie

Latin

Pronunciation

• jūsta: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯uːs.ta/, [ˈi̯uːs̠t̪ä]
• jūsta: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈjus.ta/, [ˈjust̪ä]
• jūstā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯uːs.taː/, [ˈi̯uːs̠t̪äː]
• jūstā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈjus.ta/, [ˈjust̪ä]

Adjective

jūsta

1. inflection of jūstus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

jūstā

1. ablative feminine singular of jūstus

References

• “justa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• justa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈjusːta/

Adverb

justa

1. Alternative form of juste

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒusta/

Noun

justa f (plural justas)

1. female equivalent of justo

Adjective

justa

1. feminine singular of justo

Portuguese

Adjective

justa

1. feminine singular of justo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxusta/ [ˈxus.t̪a]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -usta
• Syllabification: jus‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from justar.

Noun

justa f (plural justas)

1. tournament
2. joust
3. jousting (often in the plural)

Adjective

justa

1. feminine singular of justo

Etymology 2

Verb

justa

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

Further reading

• “justa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Venetan

Adjective

justa

1. feminine singular of justo