cósta

See also: costa and costà

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English [Term?] and Anglo-Norman coste, from Latin costa (“edge”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cósta m (genitive singular cósta, nominative plural cóstaí)

  1. coast
    Tháinig cabhlach na banríona ar chóstaí na hÉireann.
    The queen's navy arrived at the Irish coasts.
    Tá cósta garbh sna Rosa.
    The coast of the Rosses is rough (lit. There is a rough coast in the Rosses).
  2. outermost fringe
    cóstaí na cruinne ― the outermost fringes of the world

Declension
Declension of cósta

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cósta cóstaí
Vocative a chósta a chóstaí
Genitive cósta cóstaí
Dative cósta cóstaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cósta na cóstaí
Genitive an chósta na gcóstaí
Dative leis an gcósta

don chósta

 leis na cóstaí

Derived terms
  • farraige chósta f (“coastal waters”)
  • garda cósta m (“coastguard”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cósta chósta gcósta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • "cósta" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “cósta” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “cósta” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
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