ósta

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See also: osta, ôta, and ostā

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish ósta (“accommodation for travellers, lodging”), from Anglo-Norman oste (“innkeeper, landlord”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ósta m (genitive singular ósta, nominative plural óstaí)

  1. lodging
  2. inn; public house
  3. liquor department (in store)
  4. host
    Synonym: óstach

Declension

Declension of ósta (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative ósta óstaí
vocative a ósta a óstaí
genitive ósta óstaí
dative ósta óstaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-ósta na hóstaí
genitive an ósta na n-óstaí
dative leis an ósta
don ósta 		leis na hóstaí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ósta
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ósta n-ósta hósta t-ósta

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman oste (“innkeeper, landlord”).

Noun

ósta m

  1. accommodation for travellers, lodging

Descendants

  • Irish: ósta

Further reading

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