ionstraim

Irish

Alternative forms

  • instrúim (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish instrumint, from Latin īnstrūmentum.

Noun

ionstraim f (genitive singular ionstraime, nominative plural ionstraimí)

  1. instrument (musical device; tool; legal document)
    Synonyms: gléas, uirlis

Declension

Declension of ionstraim (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ionstraim ionstraimí
vocative a ionstraim a ionstraimí
genitive ionstraime ionstraimí
dative ionstraim ionstraimí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ionstraim na hionstraimí
genitive na hionstraime na n-ionstraimí
dative leis an ionstraim
don ionstraim
leis na hionstraimí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ionstraim
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ionstraim n-ionstraim hionstraim not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “instrúim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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