ís

See also: Appendix:Variations of "is"

Faroese

Noun

ís

1. accusative/genitive singular of ísur

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse íss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːs/

  Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

ís m (genitive singular íss, nominative plural ísar)

1. iceTemplate:jump

   Um það bil 81% af yfirborði Grænlands er þakið ís.

   About 81% of Greenland's surface is covered by ice.

2. ice creamTemplate:jump

   Langar þig í ís?

   Do you want some ice cream?

Declension

declension of ís

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ís	ísinn	ísar	ísarnir
accusative	ís	ísinn	ísa	ísana
dative	ísi / ís	ísnum	ísum	ísunum
genitive	íss	íssins	ísa	ísanna

Synonyms

• Template:jump klaki
• Template:jump rjómaís

Derived terms

• Ísland
• íslenskur
• ístegund
• þurrís

 

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Old Irish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Celtic *ɸīssu, from Proto-Indo-European *pedsú, locative plural of *pṓds (“foot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːs/

Adverb

ís

1. down (denoting low position)

   Synonym: uas

Derived terms

• anís

Descendants

• Irish: aníos, síos, thíos
• Scottish Gaelic: nìos, shìos, sìos

Further reading

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

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Old Norse

Noun

ís

1. accusative singular of íss