costas

See also: costás

English

Noun

costas

  1. plural of costa

Anagrams

Galician

Noun

costas

  1. plural of costa

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English cost +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

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

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.

References
  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 90

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese
costas

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

  • 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

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
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