kostea
Finnish
Etymology
Related to kostua, Ingrian kossia and Votic kõssõa. Sense contaminated by the family of kastaa; see kostua for more.
Adjective
kostea (comparative kosteampi, superlative kostein)
- moist, humid, damp, wet
- (of an event, period etc.) boozy (involving large consumption of alcohol)
Declension
| Inflection of kostea (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kostea | kosteat | |
| genitive | kostean | kosteiden kosteitten | |
| partitive | kosteaa kosteata | kosteita | |
| illative | kosteaan | kosteisiin kosteihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kostea | kosteat | |
| accusative | nom. | kostea | kosteat |
| gen. | kostean | ||
| genitive | kostean | kosteiden kosteitten kosteainrare | |
| partitive | kosteaa kosteata | kosteita | |
| inessive | kosteassa | kosteissa | |
| elative | kosteasta | kosteista | |
| illative | kosteaan | kosteisiin kosteihin | |
| adessive | kostealla | kosteilla | |
| ablative | kostealta | kosteilta | |
| allative | kostealle | kosteille | |
| essive | kosteana | kosteina | |
| translative | kosteaksi | kosteiksi | |
| instructive | — | kostein | |
| abessive | kosteatta | kosteitta | |
| comitative | — | kosteine | |
Derived terms
- nouns: kosteikko, kosteus, kostuke
- adjectives: kosteahko
- verbs: kosteuttaa, kosteutua, kostua, kostuttaa
Anagrams
- koesta, otsake, sokeat, sotkea