iosta

See also: íosta

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish isdadh, from Old Irish etsad (“treasury”).

Noun

iosta m (genitive singular iosta, nominative plural iostaí)

1. (literary) abode, dwelling, habitation

Declension

Declension of iosta

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative iosta iostaí Vocative a iosta a iostaí Genitive iosta iostaí Dative iosta iostaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-iosta na hiostaí Genitive an iosta na n-iostaí Dative leis an iosta don iosta leis na hiostaí

Derived terms

• iostán (“cottage”)
• iostas (“lodging”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iosta	n-iosta	hiosta	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iosta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “etsad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language