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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)
- lodging
- inn; public house
- liquor department (in store)
- host
- Synonym: óstach
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| ósta
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n-ósta
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hósta
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t-ósta
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ósta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ósta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ósta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ósta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Middle Irish
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman oste (“innkeeper, landlord”).
Noun
ósta m
- accommodation for travellers, lodging
Descendants
Further reading