kostur

See also: kostúr, köstur, Kostur, and костур

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kostr, from Proto-Germanic *kustuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰɔstʏr]

  Rhymes: -ɔstʏr

Noun

kostur m (genitive singular kostar or kosts, nominative plural kostir)

1. choice, alternative choice or possibility
2. an opportunity or a chance
3. terms or conditions
4. a good quality, advantage, virtue, merit
5. (rare) board, food

Declension

Declension of kostur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kostur	kosturinn	kostir	kostirnir
accusative	kost	kostinn	kosti	kostina
dative	kosti	kostinum	kostum	kostunum
genitive	kostar, kosts	kostarins, kostsins	kosta	kostanna

Derived terms

• að minnsta kosti
• að öðrum kosti
• bjóða tvo kosti
• eiga annan kost
• eiga kost á
• fara á kostum
• gefa kost á
• setja kosti
• þungir kostir

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosturъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔs.tur/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔstur
• Syllabification: kos‧tur

Noun

kostur m inan

1. walking cane, walking stick

Declension

Declension of kostur

	singular	plural
nominative	kostur	kostury
genitive	kostura	kosturów
dative	kosturowi	kosturom
accusative	kostur	kostury
instrumental	kosturem	kosturami
locative	kosturze	kosturach
vocative	kosturze	kostury

Further reading

• kostur in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kostur in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosturъ. First attested in the 19th century.

Noun

kȍstūr m (Cyrillic spelling ко̏стӯр)

1. (anatomy) skeleton
2. (by extension) framework, shell, frame

Declension

Declension of kostur

	singular	plural
nominative	kostur	kosturi
genitive	kostura	kostura
dative	kosturu	kosturima
accusative	kostur	kosture
vocative	kosture	kosturi
locative	kosturu	kosturima
instrumental	kosturom	kosturima

Further reading

• “kostur”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025