cósta
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle English coste and Anglo-Norman coste, from Latin costa (“edge”).
Pronunciation
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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
Derived terms
- farraige chósta f (“coastal waters”)
- garda cósta m (“coastguard”)
Mutation
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cósta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cósta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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