iosta

See also: íosta

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish isdadh, from Old Irish etsad (“treasury”).

Noun

iosta m (genitive singular iosta, nominative plural iostaí)

1. (literary) abode, dwelling, habitation

Declension

Declension of iosta (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative iosta iostaí vocative a iosta a iostaí genitive iosta iostaí dative iosta iostaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-iosta na hiostaí genitive an iosta na n-iostaí dative leis an iosta don iosta leis na hiostaí

Derived terms

• iostán (“cottage”)
• iostas (“lodging”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of iosta

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iosta	n-iosta	hiosta	not applicable

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) “iosta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “etsad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language