instans

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of īnstō

Participle

īnstāns m, f, n (genitive īnstantis); third declension

  1. standing or pressing upon
  2. urging, pursuing, insisting
  3. (by extension) eager, urgent
  4. (by extension) present

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
nominative īnstāns īnstantēs īnstantia
genitive īnstantis īnstantium
dative īnstantī īnstantibus
accusative īnstantem īnstāns īnstantēs, īnstantīs īnstantia
ablative īnstante, īnstantī1 īnstantibus
vocative īnstāns īnstantēs īnstantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin īnstantia, via German Instanz

Noun

instans m (definite singular instansen, indefinite plural instanser, definite plural instansene)

  1. an authority
  2. an instance

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin īnstantia, via German Instanz.

Noun

instans m (definite singular instansen, indefinite plural instansar, definite plural instansane)

  1. an authority
  2. an instance

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin īnstantia, via German Instanz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

instans c

  1. an instance

Declension

Declension of instans 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative instans instansen instanser instanserna
Genitive instans instansens instansers instansernas
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