instrumentalis

See also: instrumentális and instrumentālis

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin instrumentālis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

instrumentalis m (plural instrumentalissen, diminutive instrumentalisje n)

1. (grammar) instrumental case

Synonyms

• achtste naamval

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *ster-

Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *strew-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *stréweti

Proto-Italic *strowō

Latin struō

Latin īnstruō

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Latin īnstrūmentum

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin īnstrūmentālis

From īnstrūmentum + -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ĩː.struː.mɛnˈtaː.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [in.stru.menˈtaː.lis]

Adjective

īnstrūmentālis (neuter īnstrūmentāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (Late Latin) instrumental

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular		plural
	masc./fem.	neuter	masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	īnstrūmentālis	īnstrūmentāle	īnstrūmentālēs	īnstrūmentālia
genitive	īnstrūmentālis	īnstrūmentālium
dative	īnstrūmentālī	īnstrūmentālibus
accusative	īnstrūmentālem	īnstrūmentāle	īnstrūmentālīs īnstrūmentālēs	īnstrūmentālia
ablative	īnstrūmentālī	īnstrūmentālibus
vocative	īnstrūmentālis	īnstrūmentāle	īnstrūmentālēs	īnstrūmentālia

Descendants

• Catalan: instrumental
• → Dutch: instrumentalis
• → English: instrumental
• → Finnish: instrumentaali
• French: instrumental
• → German: instrumental
• Italian: strumentale
• → Lithuanian: instrumentalis
• → Latvian: instrumentālis
• Portuguese: instrumental
• Romanian: instrumental
• → Serbo-Croatian: инструментал/instrumental
• → Slovak: inštrumentál
• Spanish: instrumental

Lithuanian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin īnstrūmentālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɪnstrʊmʲɛn²ˈtɑːlʲɪs]
• Rhymes: -ɑːlʲɪs
• Syllabification: in‧stru‧men‧tã‧lis

Noun

instrumentãlis m (plural instrumentãliai) stress pattern 2

1. (grammar) instrumental case

   Synonym: į̇́nagininkas

Declension

Declension of instrumentãlis

	singular	plural
nominative	instrumentãlis	instrumentãliai
genitive	instrumentãlio	instrumentãlių
dative	instrumentãliui	instrumentãliams
accusative	instrumentãlį	instrumentaliùs
instrumental	instrumentaliù	instrumentãliais
locative	instrumentãlyje	instrumentãliuose
vocative	instrumentãli	instrumentãliai

Further reading

• “instrumentalis”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.
• “instrumentalis”, entry by Vytautas Ambrazas, in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija [Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia]