kostur

See also: kostúr, köstur, Kostur, and костур

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kostr, from Proto-Germanic *kustuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʰɔstʏr]
    Rhymes: -ɔstʏr

Noun

kostur m (genitive singular kostar or kosts, nominative plural kostir)

  1. choice, alternative choice or possibility
  2. an opportunity or a chance
  3. terms or conditions
  4. a good quality, advantage, virtue, merit
  5. (rare) board, food

Declension

Declension of kostur (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kostur kosturinn kostir kostirnir
accusative kost kostinn kosti kostina
dative kosti kostinum kostum kostunum
genitive kostar, kosts kostarins, kostsins kosta kostanna

Derived terms

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosturъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔs.tur/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔstur
  • Syllabification: kos‧tur

Noun

kostur m inan

  1. walking cane, walking stick

Declension

Declension of kostur
singular plural
nominative kostur kostury
genitive kostura kosturów
dative kosturowi kosturom
accusative kostur kostury
instrumental kosturem kosturami
locative kosturze kosturach
vocative kosturze kostury

Further reading

  • kostur in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kostur in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosturъ.[1] First attested in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kôstuːr/

Noun

kȍstūr m inan (Cyrillic spelling ко̏стӯр)

  1. (anatomy) skeleton
  2. (by extension) framework, shell, frame

Declension

Declension of kostur
singular plural
nominative kostur kosturi
genitive kostura kostura
dative kosturu kosturima
accusative kostur kosture
vocative kosture kosturi
locative kosturu kosturima
instrumental kosturom kosturima

Derived terms

nouns

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “kostur”, in Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes I: A—Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 486

Further reading

  • “kostur”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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