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Icelandic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kostur m (genitive singular kostar, 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

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    Declension of kostur
m-s3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kostur kosturinn kostir kostirnir
accusative kost kostinn kosti kostina
dative kosti kostinum kostum kostunum
genitive kostar kostarins kosta kostanna

Derived terms

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosturъ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔs.tur/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔstur
  • Syllabification: kos‧tur

Noun

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kostur m inan

  1. walking cane, walking stick

Declension

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Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kosturъ.[1] First attested in the 19th century.

Noun

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kȍstūr m (Cyrillic spelling ко̏стӯр)

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

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “kostur”, in Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes I: A—Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 486

Further reading

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  • kostur”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024