cósta

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

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːsˠt̪ˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːsˠt̪ˠə/

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

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cósta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cósta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “cósta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society

• cóstla

From Late Latin costŭla (“rib”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɔs.ta/

cósta f (plural cóst)

1. rib