costas

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English

Noun

costas

  1. plural of costa

Anagrams

Galician

Noun

costas

  1. plural of costa

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English cost +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

Noun

costas m (genitive singular costais, nominative plural costais)

  1. cost, expense

Declension

Declension of costas (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative costas costais
vocative a chostais a chostasa
genitive costais costas
dative costas costais
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an costas na costais
genitive an chostais na gcostas
dative leis an gcostas
don chostas 		leis na costais

Derived terms

  • costasach (“costly, expensive; sumptuous”)
  • costasacht (“costliness; sumptuousness”)
  • fochostas (“supplementary cost; (in plural) incidental expenses, extras”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of costas
radical lenition eclipsis
costas chostas gcostas

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 90

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

costās

  1. accusative plural of costa

References

  • costas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • costas in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

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costas

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: cos‧tas

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese costas (“back”), from Latin costa (“rib”), from Proto-Indo-European *kost-.

Noun

costas f pl (plural only)

  1. back (the rear of body)
    Synonyms: costado, dorso
  2. (swimming) backstroke
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

costas

  1. plural of costa

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkostas/
  • Rhymes: -ostas
  • Syllabification: cos‧tas

Noun

costas f pl

  1. plural of costa
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