costas

See also: costás

English

Noun

costas

1. plural of costa

Anagrams

• Castos, Toscas, ascots, catsos, coasts, scoats

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowing from Middle English cost + -as

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔsˠt̪ˠəsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌsˠt̪ˠəsˠ/

Noun

costas m (genitive singular costais, nominative plural costais)

1. cost, expense

Declension

Declension of costas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative costas costais Vocative a chostais a chostasa Genitive costais costas Dative costas costais

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an costas na costais Genitive an chostais na gcostas Dative leis an gcostas don chostas leis na costais

• Alternative plural form: coistaisí (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

• costasach (“costly, expensive; sumptuous”)
• costasacht (“costliness; sumptuousness”)
• fochostas (“supplementary cost; (in plural) incidental expenses, extras”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
costas	chostas	gcostas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Latin

Noun

costās

1. accusative plural of costa

References

• costas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• costas in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Portuguese

costas

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔs.tas/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʃ.tɐʃ/

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese costas (“back”), from Latin costa (“rib”), from Proto-Indo-European *kost-.

Noun

costas f pl (plural only)

1. back (the rear of body)

Synonyms

• (back): costado, dorso

Related terms

• costela, costeleta, costal, costalgia, costálgico

Etymology 2

Noun

costas

1. plural of costa

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Spanish

Noun

costas f pl

1. plural of costa; coasts.