cósta

See also: costa and costà

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English coste and Anglo-Norman coste, from Latin costa (“edge”).

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːsˠt̪ˠə/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːsˠt̪ˠə/

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

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

farraige chósta f (“coastal waters”)
garda cósta m (“coastguard”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cósta	chósta	gcósta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cósta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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

Alternative forms

cóstla

Etymology

From Late Latin costŭla (“rib”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈcɔs.ta/

Noun

cósta f (plural cóst)

rib

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