ionstraim

Irish

Alternative forms

• instrúim (obsolete)

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 Case Singular Plural Nominative ionstraim ionstraimí Vocative a ionstraim a ionstraimí Genitive ionstraime ionstraimí Dative ionstraim ionstraimí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ionstraim na hionstraimí Genitive na hionstraime na n-ionstraimí Dative leis an ionstraim don ionstraim leis na hionstraimí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ionstraim	n-ionstraim	hionstraim	not applicable
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), “in(n)struimint, indstraimint, in(n)strum(a)int”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language