iostán

Irish

Etymology

From iosta (“abode”) +‎ -án.

Noun

iostán m (genitive singular iostáin, nominative plural iostáin)

  1. cottage

Declension

Declension of iostán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative iostán iostáin
vocative a iostáin a iostána
genitive iostáin iostán
dative iostán iostáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-iostán na hiostáin
genitive an iostáin na n-iostán
dative leis an iostán
don iostán 		leis na hiostáin

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of iostán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
iostán n-iostán hiostán t-iostán

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

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “iostán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 615; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “iostán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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