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Webster 1913 Edition
Costa
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1.
(Anat.)
A rib of an animal or a human being.
2.
(Bot.)
A rib or vein of a leaf, especially the midrib.
3.
(Zool.)
(a)
The anterior rib in the wing of an insect.
(b)
One of the riblike longitudinal ridges on the exterior of many corals.
Definition 2024
cósta
cósta
Irish
Noun
cósta m (genitive singular cósta, nominative plural cóstaí)
- 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).
- Tháinig cabhlach na banríona ar chóstaí na hÉireann.
- outermost fringe
- cóstaí na cruinne ― the outermost fringes of the world
Declension
Declension of cósta
Fourth declension
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- farraige chósta f (“coastal waters”)
- garda cósta m (“coastguard”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| 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, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.