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Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle English coste and Anglo-Norman coste, from Latin costa (“edge”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cósta m (genitive singular cósta, nominative plural cóstaí)
- coast
Tháinig cabhlach na banríona ar chóstaí na hÉireann.- The queen's navy arrived at the Irish coasts.
Tá cósta garbh sna Rosa.- The coast of the Rosses is rough (lit. There is a rough coast in the Rosses).
- outermost fringe
- cóstaí na cruinne ― the outermost fringes of the world
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| cósta
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chósta
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gcósta
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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) “cósta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cósta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “cósta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
Romagnol
Etymology
From Late Latin costŭla (“rib”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cósta f (plural cóst)
- rib