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

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.

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