fasting

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Naija

Alternative forms

  • ramadan 0.72 78, easter 0.70 53, celebration 0.68 118, christmas 0.68 161, quran 0.63 15, thanksgiving 0.62 18, period 0.61 333, celebrations 0.60 43, following 0.60 74

Etymology

Borrowed from English fasting

Pronunciation

  • fástìŋ

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 2876
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 60
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 2820

The word is used more in written texts than orally.


Noun

fasting: a fast -- Definition in Naija?


  1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
    Our church get fasting tomorrow.  — no translation
  2. - (frequency:12)
    Fasting dey sweet and dey easy as di week dey go.  — (bbc__48729, __no translation__)
    For Islam, we believe say fasting na for only God.  — (bbc__50227, __no translation__)
  3. case (frequency:7)
    Convert am to fasting.  — (BEN_20_Fasting_DG__74, Converting it into fasting.)
    E show you di level wey we dey as fasting dey come.  — (bbc__710, __no translation__)
  4. det (frequency:4)
    Na hungry na im dey make dat fasting dey come by force.  — (BEN_20_Fasting_DG__64, Actually, hunger forces people to fast.)
    Di fasting dey start from November 25 reach di day before Christmas.  — (bbc__60156, __no translation__)
  5. conj (frequency:3)
    E no say eh make we con go dey do fasting, and prayer,  — (BEN_20_Fasting_DG__30, He didn't say eh we should start fasting and praying.)
    Shebi na person call wey talk sey im want go do fasting and prayer.  — (IBA_39_Easter-Preparations_DG__75, Wasn't it someone who called who said they want to do fasting and prayer ?)
  6. cc (frequency:2)
    Im add say na special prayers and fasting suppose happen for di people of di Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan.  — (bbc__58129, __no translation__)
    BAYELSA STATE GOVERNMENT Bayelsa State gofment don call on all dem citizens to do prayer and fasting from Monday, 1st of July to Wednesday, 3rd fof July.  — (bbc__18197, __no translation__)
  7. nmod:poss (frequency:2)
    Na Mondays and Thursdays dem dey normally do their fasting.  — (jw__29357, __no translation__)
    From di beginning no be say I disrespect di Emir or Sultan, na just say we start our fasting a day after wey mean say we go finish a day after oda pipo. Dis na wetin Imam Usman yan.  — (bbc__2997, __no translation__)
  8. acl:relcl-det (frequency:2)
    Di fasting wey God know and go accept na di one wey majority of pipo dey do in line wit wetin dia leader announce.  — (bbc__1486, __no translation__)
    President of Egypt Football Association Hany Abo Rida, tok say di fasting wey dem do before di World Cup affect dem well well for Russia.  — (bbc__54591, __no translation__)
  9. case-compound (frequency:2)
    Tins you suppose know about Ramadan fasting  — (bbc__94114, __no translation__)
    All major religious duties like Ramadan fasting, Hajj and Eid celebrations dey depend on moon sightings.  — (bbc__14100, __no translation__)

Derived forms

Synonyms

  • ramadan 0.72 78, easter 0.70 53, celebration 0.68 118, christmas 0.68 161, quran 0.63 15, thanksgiving 0.62 18, period 0.61 333, celebrations 0.60 43, following 0.60 74

Antonyms

  • ramadan 0.72 78, easter 0.70 53, celebration 0.68 118, christmas 0.68 161, quran 0.63 15, thanksgiving 0.62 18, period 0.61 333, celebrations 0.60 43, following 0.60 74

Translations

  • English: a fast


Verb

fasting: no definition, fast.PRS.PTCP -- Definition in Naija?


  1. - (frequency:12)
    Even if na to go fasting, I go go fasting.  — (LAG_19_Nepa-Wahala_DG__11, Even if it is to go fasting, I will go fasting.)
    Many pipo dey use fasting time to read Quran  — (bbc__65553, __no translation__)
  2. mark (frequency:8)
    Convert am to fasting.  — (NST_cleaned__6944, __no translation__)
    Police don free German wey dem kidnap Ramadan: Wetin market pipo dey expect as fasting wan start  — (bbc__82422, __no translation__)
  3. conj (frequency:2)
    Now fasting, and prayer to me, I dey, na, we, na ordinance for di disobedience, for doing di right thing,  — (BEN_20_Fasting_DG__31, Now, fasting and prayer, to me, I am... is... we... it's an ordinance for the disobedience, for doing the right thing.)
    If you dey do di right thing, you no go do long time fasting, and prayer, but dese days now, wetin we dey see now,  — (BEN_20_Fasting_DG__33, If you are doing the right thing, you will not do long fasting and praying but nowadays, what do we see now ?)

Derived forms

  1. E advise Nigerians say make dem use di fasting period take think and do beta tins through promoting peaceful living.  — (bbc__43867, __no translation__)
    Di truth be say, money no dey pipo hand so I no dey expect more sale for dis fasting period, because most of my customers now dey always chop credit.  — (bbc__1885, __no translation__)
  1. Many pipo dey use fasting time to read Quran  — (bbc__65553, __no translation__)
    Many pipo dey use fasting time to read Quran Na time to get close to God  — (bbc__65554, __no translation__)

Synonyms

  • ramadan 0.72 78, easter 0.70 53, celebration 0.68 118, christmas 0.68 161, quran 0.63 15, thanksgiving 0.62 18, period 0.61 333, celebrations 0.60 43, following 0.60 74

Antonyms

  • ramadan 0.72 78, easter 0.70 53, celebration 0.68 118, christmas 0.68 161, quran 0.63 15, thanksgiving 0.62 18, period 0.61 333, celebrations 0.60 43, following 0.60 74

Translations

  • English: no definition, fast.PRS.PTCP
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