innis

Irish

Verb

innis (present analytic innseann, future analytic innseochaidh, verbal noun innsint, past participle inniste)

1. Superseded spelling of inis (“tell”).

---

Manx

Alternative forms

• innys
• insh
• ynnys

Etymology

From Old Irish inis.

Noun

innis f (genitive singular innis, plural innisyn)

1. island
2. islet

Synonyms

• (island): ellan
• (islet): ellaneen, insheen

References

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

---

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ĩːʃ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish inis.

Noun

innis f (genitive singular innse, plural innsean or innseachan)

1. island, inch
2. meadow, pasture, haugh
3. sheltered valley protected by a wood.
4. headland
5. (Islay) Choice place
6. (Ross-shire, Sutherland) A low-lying and sheltered place, where cows are gathered to be milked and where they lie out at night.
7. distress, misery

Synonyms

• (island): eilean

Derived terms

• innis-mhuir

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish indisid (“tells, recounts, mentions, describes”).

Verb

innis (past dh'innis, future innsidh, verbal noun innse, past participle inniste)

1. tell
2. declare, relate
3. report, inform

Derived terms

• ath-innis (“capitulate”)
• leis an fhìrinn innse

References

• “innis” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, →ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 inis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “indisid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language