cósta

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See also: costa and costà

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)

  1. 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).
  2. outermost fringe
    cóstaí na cruinne ― the outermost fringes of the world

Declension

Declension of cósta (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cósta cóstaí
vocative a chósta a chóstaí
genitive cósta cóstaí
dative cósta cóstaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cósta na cóstaí
genitive an chósta na gcóstaí
dative leis an gcósta
don chósta 		leis na cóstaí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cósta
radical lenition eclipsis
cósta chósta gcósta

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

Further reading

Romagnol

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin costŭla (“rib”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cósta f (plural cóst)

  1. rib
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