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kosta

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See also: Kosta and kostā

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From kosto +‎ -a

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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kosta (accusative singular kostan, plural kostaj, accusative plural kostajn)

  1. costly

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kosta, borrowed through Middle Low German from Latin constare, present infinitive of consto (I stand firm (on price)).

Verb

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kosta (third person singular past indicative kostaði, third person plural past indicative kostaðu, supine kostað)

  1. to cost

Conjugation

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Conjugation of kosta (group v-30)
infinitive kosta
supine kostað
present past
first singular kosti kostaði
second singular kostar kostaði
third singular kostar kostaði
plural kosta kostaðu
participle (a6)1 kostandi kostaður
imperative
singular kosta!
plural kostið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Derived terms

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Finnish

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Verb

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kosta

  1. inflection of kostaa:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

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Etymology

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From Portuguese costas. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kósta.

Noun

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kosta

  1. back (the backside of the body)

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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kosta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kostaði, supine kostað)

  1. to cost
    Þessi hálsfesti kostaði mikla peninga!
    This necklace cost a lot of money!
  2. to finance, to bear the cost of
    Foreldrar mínir kostuðu námið mitt.
    My parents financed my education.
Conjugation
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kosta – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur kosta
supine sagnbót kostað
present participle
kostandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég kosta kostaði kosti kostaði
þú kostar kostaðir kostir kostaðir
hann, hún, það kostar kostaði kosti kostaði
plural við kostum kostuðum kostum kostuðum
þið kostið kostuðuð kostið kostuðuð
þeir, þær, þau kosta kostuðu kosti kostuðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú kosta (þú), kostaðu
plural þið kostið (þið), kostiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
kostast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur kostast
supine sagnbót kostast
present participle
kostandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég kostast kostaðist kostist kostaðist
þú kostast kostaðist kostist kostaðist
hann, hún, það kostast kostaðist kostist kostaðist
plural við kostumst kostuðumst kostumst kostuðumst
þið kostist kostuðust kostist kostuðust
þeir, þær, þau kostast kostuðust kostist kostuðust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú kostast (þú), kostastu
plural þið kostist (þið), kostisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
kostaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
kostaður kostuð kostað kostaðir kostaðar kostuð
accusative
(þolfall)
kostaðan kostaða kostað kostaða kostaðar kostuð
dative
(þágufall)
kostuðum kostaðri kostuðu kostuðum kostuðum kostuðum
genitive
(eignarfall)
kostaðs kostaðrar kostaðs kostaðra kostaðra kostaðra
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
kostaði kostaða kostaða kostuðu kostuðu kostuðu
accusative
(þolfall)
kostaða kostuðu kostaða kostuðu kostuðu kostuðu
dative
(þágufall)
kostaða kostuðu kostaða kostuðu kostuðu kostuðu
genitive
(eignarfall)
kostaða kostuðu kostaða kostuðu kostuðu kostuðu

Etymology 2

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Noun

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kosta

  1. indefinite genitive plural of kostur

Latvian

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Participle

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kosta

  1. inflection of kosts:
    1. genitive singular masculine
    2. nominative singular feminine

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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kosta

  1. inflection of koste:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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  • koste
  • køste (to cost, Telemark, eye dialect)
  • kåst (to cost, eye dialect spelling with apocope)

Etymology 1

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From Old Norse kosta, from Middle Low German [Term?], from Latin constare.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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kosta (present tense kostar, past tense kosta, past participle kosta, passive infinitive kostast, present participle kostande, imperative kosta/kost)

  1. to cost (require payment of a price, cause something to be lost)
Usage notes
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The verb is used together with lite (little) or mykje (a lot). Combinations like kosta dyrt (literally, to cost dear) or kosta billeg (literally, to cost cheap) are rare.

Etymology 2

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From the noun kost.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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kosta (present tense kostar, past tense kosta, past participle kosta, passive infinitive kostast, present participle kostande, imperative kosta/kost)

  1. to sweep (clean with a broom)

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *kustōną (to try, taste), from *kustuz, whence also Old Norse kostr.

Verb

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kosta

  1. to try [with genitive]
  2. (with infinitive) to exert oneself, strive
  3. (impersonal) to injure, to hurt [with accusative ‘someone’ and accusative ‘in some body part’] (idiomatically translated as "injure/hurt" or "be injured in" with the animate accusative object as the subject)
    þat fall var svá mikit, at kostaði lærlegg hans
    the fall was so great, that he injured his thigh-bone
  4. to cost [with accusative ‘someone’ and accusative ‘something’]
  5. (impersonal) to cost [with accusative ‘someone’, along with accusative ‘something’, along with genitive or accusative ‘some amount of money’] (idiomatically translated as "cost" with the inanimate accusative object as the subject, i.e. "something costs someone some amount of money")
  6. to defray the expenses of

Conjugation

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Conjugation of kosta — active (weak class 2)
infinitive kosta
present participle kostandi
past participle kostaðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular kosta kostaða kosta kostaða
2nd person singular kostar kostaðir kostir kostaðir
3rd person singular kostar kostaði kosti kostaði
1st person plural kostum kostuðum kostim kostaðim
2nd person plural kostið kostuðuð kostið kostaðið
3rd person plural kosta kostuðu kosti kostaði
imperative present
2nd person singular kosta
1st person plural kostum
2nd person plural kostið
Conjugation of kosta — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive kostask
present participle kostandisk
past participle kostazk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular kostumk kostuðumk kostumk kostuðumk
2nd person singular kostask kostaðisk kostisk kostaðisk
3rd person singular kostask kostaðisk kostisk kostaðisk
1st person plural kostumsk kostuðumsk kostimsk kostaðimsk
2nd person plural kostizk kostuðuzk kostizk kostaðizk
3rd person plural kostask kostuðusk kostisk kostaðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular kostask
1st person plural kostumsk
2nd person plural kostizk
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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: kosta
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kosta, koste, køste (to cost, Telemark, eye dialect), kåst (to cost, eye dialect spelling with apocope)

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kosta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kosta, from Middle Low German [Term?], from Latin constare.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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kosta (present kostar, preterite kostade, supine kostat, imperative kosta)

  1. to cost

Conjugation

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Conjugation of kosta (weak)
active passive
infinitive kosta
supine kostat
imperative kosta
imper. plural1 kosten
present past present past
indicative kostar kostade
ind. plural1 kosta kostade
subjunctive2 koste kostade
present participle kostande
past participle

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish costa, from Galician costa or Catalan costa.

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Noun

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kosta (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ)

  1. shore; coast
    Synonyms: baybay, baybay-dagat, baybayin, baybayin-dagat, pasigan, dalampasigan, hampasang-alon, pampang, kosto
  2. cost; expenses
    Synonyms: gastos, gugol, kosto, kostas

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