[Grammar] what's the adj of fasting ( man who don't eat for some reasons)

[Hekmat Mrad]

We learned that "interasted" is the adj from interest
so is it possible to add ed to "fast" in order to form adj Ex. I'm fasted ( not taken any food ) .

 

[emsr2d2]

We learned that "interasted" is the adj from interest
so is it possible to add ed to "fast" in order to form adj Ex. I'm fasted ( not taken any food ) .

I can't think of any way of saying it as an adjective. As far as I know, it can only be used as a verb or a noun:

I'm fasting.
I was fasting.
I fasted for three days last year.

He is on a fast.
She is going to try a fast next week.

I'm honestly not sure if there's a specific verb that should be used with "fast" as a noun (by this I mean I don't know if one "goes on a fast", "does a fast" etc), as it's normally simply used as a verb on its own.

 

[Rover_KE]

I can't think of any way of saying it as an adjective. As far as I know, it can only be used as a verb or a noun:

I'm sure you're right, emsr.

I wondered about a fasting blood-test, when you eat or drink nothing for 12 hours before the test. But it's not an adjective as it doesn't describe blood-test. It's one noun modifying another.

I can't find any dictionary listing an adjectival form of fast.

Rover

 

[BobK]

:up: While we're on the subject of fasting, the meal in which you break your nightly fast is breakfast (with, as most forum members will know, a shortened /e/ sound in the first syllable.) In rather old-fashioned Br English it is possible to use 'breakfast' as a verb, with a regular simple past ending. So it's possible - if rare - to say 'he has breakfasted'.

b

 

[bertietheblue]

Just to say, you can talk about 'fasting patients' when discussing hospital treatment of someone on a fast.

 

[BobK]

:up: That's a good point. In a multi-cultural environment such as this forum it's easy to assume that fasting is a strictly religious practice. But hospital patients do fast when required, and hospital induction questionnaires often have a check-list that includes a question such as 'Do I need to fast before the appointment, and if so for how long?'

b

 

[bertietheblue]

:up: That's a good point.
b

It would have been a good point had I not been thinking of patients fasting during Ramadan and the protocols hospitals have to follow when administering drugs during the hours of fasting.:-(

 

[BobK]

It would have been a good point had I not been thinking of patients fasting during Ramadan and the protocols hospitals have to follow when administering drugs during the hours of fasting.:-(

I hadn't thought of that.

b

 

[Raymott]

We learned that "interasted" is the adj from interest
so is it possible to add ed to "fast" in order to form adj Ex. I'm fasted ( not taken any food ) .

Adjectives can be formed from both the present and past participles.
"I am fasting" can be both a sentence in the present progressive tense, and a description using the adjective "fasting" - "I am fasting. I am a fasting person."

If you have fasted overnight for above-mentioned fasting blood test, not only have you fasted, you are fasted. You are a fasted person. In fact, they sometimes ask you, when you turn up for such a test, "Are you fasted?"

fasting, adj. in a state of refraining from food.
fasted, adj. In a state of not having eaten for a specified period.

 

[bertietheblue]

In fact, they sometimes ask you, when you turn up for such a test, "Are you fasted?"

That sounds awfully posh to me. I take it you're on private health insurance. :-D

 

[Raymott]

That sounds awfully posh to me. I take it you're on private health insurance. :-D

Maybe we Aussies are just more au fait with the requirements for blood tests?
Anyhow, I did say "sometimes". So this dialogue isn't unusual, especially if you know the pathology lady (which it invariably seems to be):

Me: "I'm here for a fasting blood test."
Path. Lady: "So, are you fasted?" (Yes, she's a bit of a smart alec.)

Actually, they usually ask, "When did you last eat?", but that doesn't help much with the topic of the thread. ;-)

 

[vil]

I'm not a teacher.

I can't think of any way of saying it as an adjective. As far as I know, it can only be used as a verb or a noun:

You have to know that even a man of moderate means takes advantage of the the opportunity to make use of the key word “fasting” as an adjective or an adverb.

fasting (adj)
What is Permitted for a Fasting Person?
So I will reward the fasting person for it and the reward of good deeds is multiplied ten times.

fasting (adv) = on an empty stomach
If hydrochloric acid is taken fasting without the addition of food to digest, it will cause a warm to burning sensation in the stomach.

Regards,

V.