costasacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• costasúlacht

Etymology

From costas (“cost, expense”) +‎ -acht (abstract nominal suffix).

Noun

costasacht f (genitive singular costasachta)

1. costliness

   Synonyms: ardchostas, daoire, luachmhaireacht

2. sumptuousness

   Synonyms: saibhreas, sómas

Declension

Declension of costasacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative costasacht vocative a chostasacht genitive costasachta dative costasacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an chostasacht genitive na costasachta dative leis an gcostasacht don chostasacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of costasacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
costasacht	chostasacht	gcostasacht

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “costasacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “costasacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm