kostera
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Dialectal form of kostyra, from kość.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔsˈtɛ.ra/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛra
- Syllabification: kos‧te‧ra
- Homophone: Kostera
Noun
kostera f
- boxfish, cofferfish, ostraciid (member of the Ostraciidae)
- (archaic) avid, often dishonest, dice or card player
- (archaic) malicious or miserly person
- (archaic) thin or skeletal woman
Declension
Declension of kostera
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kostera | kostery |
| genitive | kostery | koster |
| dative | kosterze | kosterom |
| accusative | kosterę | kostery |
| instrumental | kosterą | kosterami |
| locative | kosterze | kosterach |
| vocative | kostero | kostery |
References
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “kostera”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
Further reading
- kostera in Polish dictionaries at PWN