teastas

Irish

Alternative forms

• teasdas, teasdus, teastus, teisdeas, teisteas (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish testas (“testimony”), from Latin testis (“witness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲasˠt̪ˠəsˠ/

Noun

teastas m (genitive singular teastais, nominative plural teastais)

1. certificate (document containing a certified statement)

Declension

Declension of teastas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative teastas teastais vocative a theastais a theastasa genitive teastais teastas dative teastas teastais forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an teastas na teastais genitive an teastais na dteastas dative leis an teastas don teastas leis na teastais

Mutation

Mutated forms of teastas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
teastas	theastas	dteastas

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “testas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “teastas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “teastas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 728
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teastas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN