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)

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

• 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)

1. rib