Ardteist

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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

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.

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