ósta

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See also: osta, ôta, and ostā

Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish ósta (accommodation for travellers, lodging), from Anglo-Norman oste (innkeeper, landlord).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ósta m (genitive singular ósta, nominative plural óstaí)

  1. lodging
  2. inn; public house
  3. liquor department (in store)
  4. host
    Synonym: óstach

Declension

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Declension of ósta (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative ósta óstaí
vocative a ósta a óstaí
genitive ósta óstaí
dative ósta óstaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-ósta na hóstaí
genitive an ósta na n-óstaí
dative leis an ósta
don ósta
leis na hóstaí

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of ósta
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ósta n-ósta hósta t-ósta

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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Middle Irish

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Etymology

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From Anglo-Norman oste (innkeeper, landlord).

Noun

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ósta m

  1. accommodation for travellers, lodging

Descendants

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  • Irish: ósta

Further reading

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