kostur

See also: köstur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kostr, from Proto-Germanic *kustuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkʰɔstʏr]
Rhymes: -ɔstʏr

Noun

kostur m (genitive singular kostar, nominative plural kostir)

choice, alternative choice or possibility
an opportunity or a chance
terms or conditions
a good quality, advantage, virtue, merit
(rare) board, food

Declension

declension of kostur

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-s3	singular		plural
nominative	kostur	kosturinn	kostir	kostirnir
accusative	kost	kostinn	kosti	kostina
dative	kosti	kostinum	kostum	kostunum
genitive	kostar	kostarins	kosta	kostanna

Derived terms

Derived terms

að minnsta kosti
að öðrum kosti
bjóða tvo kosti
eiga annan kost

eiga kost á
gefa kost á
setja kosti
þungir kostir

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

kȍstūr m (Cyrillic spelling ко̏стӯр)

(anatomy) skeleton
(by extension) framework, shell, frame

Declension

Declension of kostur

	singular	plural
nominative	kostur	kosturi
genitive	kostura	kostura
dative	kosturu	kosturima
accusative	kostur	kosture
vocative	kosture	kosturi
locative	kosturu	kosturima
instrumental	kosturom	kosturima

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