costas

See also: costás

English

Noun

costas

1. plural of costa

Anagrams

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

Galician

Noun

costas

1. plural of costa

Irish

Etymology

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

Mutated forms of costas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
costas	chostas	gcostas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “costas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “costas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “costas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkos.taːs/, [ˈkɔs̠t̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkos.tas/, [ˈkɔst̪äs]

Noun

costās

1. accusative plural of costa

References

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

Portuguese

costas

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔs.tɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔs.tɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʃ.tɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔs.tas/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʃ.tɐʃ/

• Hyphenation: cos‧tas

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-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: costado, dorso

2. (swimming) backstroke

Derived terms

• costista

Related terms

• costal
• costalgia
• costálgico
• costela
• costeleta

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

costas

1. plural of costa

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkostas/ [ˈkos.t̪as]
• Rhymes: -ostas
• Syllabification: cos‧tas

Noun

costas f pl

1. plural of costa