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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
teastas	theastas	dteastas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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