Ardteist

Irish

Etymology

Clipping of Ardteistiméireacht.

Noun

Ardteist f (genitive singular Ardteista, nominative plural Ardteistaí)

1. (education, Irish slang) Leaving Cert
   • 2009 November 1, Alex Hijmans, Favela, Cois Life, →ISBN, page 53:

     Tá céim thábhachtach ina shaol díreach curtha de aige: rinne sé an Ardteist, agus d'éirigh go maith leis. Sin rud nach féidir le mórán de mhuintir an Loteamento a rá. Ná le mórán daoine sa chathair ar fad, go deimhin.

     He has just taken an important step in his life: he did the Leaving Cert, and he did well. That's not what many Loteamento people can say. Not with many people in the whole city, in fact.

Declension

Declension of Ardteist (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Ardteist Ardteistaí vocative a Ardteist a Ardteistaí genitive Ardteista Ardteistaí dative Ardteist Ardteistaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Ardteist na hArdteistaí genitive na hArdteista na nArdteistaí dative leis an Ardteist don Ardteist leis na hArdteistaí

Synonyms

• Ardteistiméireacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of Ardteist

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Ardteist	nArdteist	hArdteist	not applicable

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

Further reading

• “Leaving+Certificate”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025