costas
See also: costás
English
Noun
costas
- plural of costa
Anagrams
Galician
Noun
costas
- plural of costa
Irish
Etymology
From Middle English cost + -as.
Pronunciation
Noun
costas m (genitive singular costais, nominative plural costais)
Declension
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- Alternative plural form: coistaisí (Cois Fharraige)
Derived terms
- costasach (“costly, expensive; sumptuous”)
- costasacht (“costliness; sumptuousness”)
- fochostas (“supplementary cost; (in plural) incidental expenses, extras”)
Mutation
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
- ^ 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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “costas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “costas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “costas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɔs.taːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔs.t̪as]
Noun
costās
- accusative plural of costa
References
- costas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- costas in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɔs.tɐs/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈkɔʃ.tɐʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɔs.tas/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkɔʃ.tɐʃ/
- 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)
- back (the rear of body)
- (swimming) backstroke
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
costas
- plural of costa
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkostas/ [ˈkos.t̪as]
- Rhymes: -ostas
- Syllabification: cos‧tas
Noun
costas f pl
- plural of costa