costas

See also: costás

English

Noun

costas

  1. plural of costa

Anagrams

Galician

Noun

costas

  1. plural of costa

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed 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.

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 (accessed 16 July 2016) 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 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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