costas
See also: costás
English edit
Noun edit
costas
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Noun edit
costas
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English cost + -as.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
costas m (genitive singular costais, nominative plural costais)
Declension edit
Declension of costas
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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- Alternative plural form: coistaisí (Cois Fharraige)
Derived terms edit
- costasach (“costly, expensive; sumptuous”)
- costasacht (“costliness; sumptuousness”)
- fochostas (“supplementary cost; (in plural) incidental expenses, extras”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
costas | chostas | gcostas |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 90
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “costas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “costas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “costas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkos.taːs/, [ˈkɔs̠t̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkos.tas/, [ˈkɔst̪äs]
Noun edit
costās
References edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: cos‧tas
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese costas (“back”), from Latin costa (“rib”), from Proto-Indo-European *kost-.
Noun edit
costas f pl (plural only)
- back (the rear of body)
- (swimming) backstroke
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
costas
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
costas f pl