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)

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

C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “testas”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

“teastas” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
“teastas” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 728.
"teastas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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