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English[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English is, from Old English is, from Proto-Germanic *isti (a form of Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti (“is”). Cognate with West Frisian is (“is”), Dutch is (“is”), German ist (“is”), Afrikaans is (“am, are, is”) Old Swedish är, er, Old Norse er, es.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

is

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of be
    He is a doctor.
    • 1999 January 8, Ken Starr, quoting Bill Clinton, Referral from Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr in Conformity with the Requirements of Title 28, United States Code, Section 595(c) (Starr Report)‎[1], Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, retrieved 14 February 2020, page 176:
      "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is."
    • 2012, Robert Moore, Where the Gold is Buried, a legend of Old Fort Niagara (→ISBN), page 137:
      "It's not two weeks yet," I reminded her, hoping that might somehow cheer her. [...] "Tomorrow is two weeks," Ruth said in a distant voice, staring into the flames.
  2. (now colloquial) Used in phrases with existential there when the semantic subject is a third-person plural.
    There is three of them there.
Quotations[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

See also

Etymology 2[edit]

i +‎ -s.

Noun[edit]

is

  1. (rare) Alternative form of i's.

Anagrams[edit]

Afar[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ís

  1. she
  2. thyself, yourself
  3. himself, herself
  4. (Awash) myself

See also[edit]

Afar personal pronouns
1st person 2nd person 3rd person m 3rd person f
Subject Singular anú atú úsuk ís
Plural nanú isín úsun
Object Singular yó kó ká tét
Plural né sín kén
Afar reflexive pronouns
1st person 2nd person 3rd person
Simple Singular ínni ís
Plural nínni isínni, sínni
Emphatic Singular ínnih ísih
Plural nínnih isínnih, sínnih

References[edit]

  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “is”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Afrikaans[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

is

  1. am, are, is (present tense, all persons, plural and singular of wees, to be)
  2. Forms the perfect passive voice when followed by a past participle

Bagusa[edit]

Noun[edit]

is

  1. woman

References[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Noun[edit]

is

  1. plural of i

Cimbrian[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

is

  1. (Sette Comuni) Alternative form of es (“it”)

References[edit]

  • “is” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse íss, from Proto-Germanic *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

is c (singular definite isen, plural indefinite is)

  1. (uncountable) ice (water in frozen form)
  2. (uncountable) ice, ice cream (dessert, not necessarily containing cream)
  3. (countable) ice, ice cream (ice dessert on a stick or in a wafer cone)

Inflection[edit]

Declension of is
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative is isen is isene
genitive is' isens is' isenes

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

is

  1. third-person singular present indicative of zijn; is, equals
    Twaalf min drie is negen — twelve minus three equals nine

Adverb[edit]

is

  1. (informal, dialect) Misspelling of 's.

Anagrams[edit]

Gothic[edit]

Romanization[edit]

is

  1. Romanization of 𐌹𐍃

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Doublet of és (“and”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

is (not comparable) (clitic)

  1. also, too, as well
    Synonyms: szintén, ugyancsak, úgyszintén, éppúgy, (formal; the others are relatively literary in style) szintúgy
    Én is szeretem a csokit. ― I, too, like chocolate (aside from other people).
    (Én) a csokit is szeretem. ― I also like chocolate (aside from other things).
  2. even, up to, as much as, as long as
    Három óráig is tarthat a műtét ― The operation may even take three hours.
  3. (after an interrogative word) again (used in a question to ask something one has forgotten)
    Hogy is hívják? ― What's that called, again?

Usage notes[edit]

When it is used with a concessive adverb (“no matter what/​who​/​when” etc.), it is traditionally placed after the verb, though it is becoming more common to use it after the adverb instead:

(traditionally, chiefly in literary style) Bármilyen hosszúra nyúlt is az előadás,…
(more recently) Bármilyen hosszúra is nyúlt az előadás,…
No matter how long the lecture​/​performance stretched,…

Derived terms[edit]

Compound words
Expressions

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • is in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Irish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From agus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

is

  1. reduced form of agus (“and; as”)
    Dia is Muire duit.
    Hello to you, too. (lit. God and Virgin Mary to you.)
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 1:
      wil nə fatī xō mŭȧ, s dūŕc šē?
      conventional orthography: An bhfuil na fataí chomh maith is dúirt sé?
      Are the potatoes as good as he said?
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 1:
      ə ʒēĺǵə, l̄aurīr ə gūǵə mūn, ńī h-ønn̥̄ ī s ə ʒēlgə š agń̥ə
      conventional orthography: An Ghaeilge a labhraíthear i gCúige Mumhan, ní hionann í is an Ghaeilge seo againne.
      The Irish used in Munster isn’t the same as our Irish.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Irish is (“is”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɪsˠ/, /sˠ/ (before nouns and adjectives)
  • IPA(key): /ʃ/ (before the pronouns é, í, ea, iad)

Particle[edit]

is

  1. Present/future realis copula form
    Is múinteoir é Dónall. ― Dónall is a teacher.
    (definition: predicate is indefinite)
    Is é Dónall an múinteoir. ― Dónall is the teacher.
    (identification: predicate is definite)
    Is féidir liom snámh. ― I can swim.
    (idiomatic noun predicate)
    Is maith liom tae. ― I like tea.
    (idiomatic adjective predicate)
    Is mise a chonaic é. ― I'm the one who saw him.
    (compare Hiberno-English "'Tis I who saw him"; cleft sentence)
    Is é Dónall atá ina mhúinteoir. ― It's Dónall who is a teacher.
    (cleft sentence)
  2. Used to introduce the comparative/superlative form of adjectives
    an buachaill is mó ― the bigger boy; the biggest boy
    Is mó an buachaill ná Séamas.
    The boy is bigger than James.
    Is é Séamas an buachaill is mó in Éirinn!
    James is the biggest boy in Ireland! (lit. "It is James (who is) the boy (who) is biggest in Ireland")
Usage notes[edit]
  • Used in the present and future for identification or definition of a subject as the person/object identified in the predicate of the sentence. Sometimes used with noun or adjective predicates, especially in certain fixed idiomatic phrases. Used to introduce cleft sentences, which are extremely common in Irish. It is not a verb.
  • The copula does not exist in the imperative and does not have a nominal form analogous to the verbal noun. The phrase bí i do (literally “be in your”) is used as the imperative instead (e.g. Bí i d’fhear! – “Be a man!” (lit. “Be in your man!”)), and equivalent non-copular nominal constructions must be used in place of their hypothetical copular equivalents: bheith ábalta (“to be able”, in place of the non-existent nominal form of is féidir), bheith ag iarraidh (“to want”, in place of the non-existent nominal form of is mian), bheith ina (“to be”, as with the imperative), etc.
  • In comparative/superlative formations, is is strictly speaking the relative of the copula, hence an buachaill is mó literally means "the boy who is biggest", i.e. "the biggest boy". The thing compared is introduced by ná (“than”).
Related terms[edit]
Irish copular forms
Simple copular forms
Present/future
Affirmative Negative Interrogative Neg. inter.
Main clauses is ní an nach
Direct relative clauses nach
Indirect relative clauses ar, arbv
Other subordinate clauses gur, gurbv an nach
Past/conditional
Affirmative Negative Interrogative Neg. inter.
Main clauses ba, b’v níor, níorbhv ar, arbhv nár, nárbhv
Direct relative clauses ba, abv nár, nárbhv
Indirect relative clauses ar, arbhv
Other subordinate clauses gur, gurbhv ar, arbhv nár, nárbhv
Present subjunctive
Affirmative Negative
gura, gurabv nára, nárabv
    Compound copular forms
Base word Present/future Past/conditional
má más má ba, má b’v
ó (“since”) ós ó ba, ó b’v
dá dá mba, dá mb’v
mura mura, murabv murar, murarbhv
cé cér, cérbv cér, cérbhv
cá cár, cárbv cár, cárbhv
de/do dar, darbv dar, darbhv
faoi faoinar, faoinarbv faoinar, faoinarbhv
i inar, inarbv inar, inarbhv
le lenar, lenarbv lenar, lenarbhv
ó (“from”) ónar, ónarbv ónar, ónarbhv
trí trínar, trínarbv trínar, trínarbhv
v Used before vowel sounds

Kwerba[edit]

Noun[edit]

is

  1. woman

References[edit]

Lacandon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Mayan *iihs.

Noun[edit]

is

  1. sweet potato

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Baer, Phillip; Baer, Mary; Chan Kꞌin, Manuel; Chan Kꞌin, Antonio (2018) Diccionaro maya lacandón (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 51)‎[3] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 65–66

Latin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Italic *is, from Proto-Indo-European *éy.

Pronunciation[edit]

Determiner[edit]

is (feminine ea, neuter id); demonstrative pronoun

  1. (pronoun) this or that man, woman or thing; he, she, it (previously introduced)
    1. Picks up the subject or object after an intervening clause, to avoid repeating the relative pronoun quī, or substitutes syntactically fronted expressions
  2. (correlative) that...which; he, she...who, it...that
    1. (anaphoric) of such a nature, degree, kind (previously mentioned or implied)
    2. (cataphoric) the following; of the following nature, degree, kind
  3. (determiner) this or that [man, woman or thing] (as a noun phrase modifier)
  4. (with genus with nominative or modī with genitive) such a, that sort of
    eiusmodī sermōnēs ― talk of that kind
    • Marcus Valerius Probus, Fragmenta 66.29:
      […] 'urbīs' an 'urbēs'. Nam cum id genus sīs, quod videō, ut sine iactūrā tuā peccēs, nihil perdēs utrum dīxeris.
      […] 'urbīs' or 'urbēs'. For as far as I can see, you're the kind of man who doesn't lose sleep over his mistakes; as such you'll lose nothing whichever one you use.
  5. Substituting a clause.
    quod eius fierī possit ― as far as [any of that is] possible
    1. As an internal accusative: for that reason, on that account
      idque gaudeō ― and I'm glad about that
    2. Used in various prepositional phrases.
Usage notes[edit]

Latin is is an endophoric pronoun and determiner, which may be employed either as an anaphora or as a cataphora, meaning it serves as a reference to something preceding or following, respectively, in the text. Unlike a demonstrative such as ille or English this, is does not have a deictic function, meaning it cannot point to a referent in the world, but only one named in the text; nor can it be used exophorically as a 3d-person pronoun such as English (s)he that refers to something not already defined in the context but presumed to be known or deduceable by the addressee. Thus we see it used with first, second and third person.

The exophoric demonstratives/determiners in Latin are hic (proximal, near the speaker), iste (distal, near the listener), and ille (distal, far from both). Note that Latin doesn't have any 3rd-person pronouns, using the aforementioned demonstratives in their place.

Oblique cases are rare in elevated poetry.

Declension[edit]

Demonstrative pronoun.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative is ea id ī1
iī
eī 		eae ea
Genitive eius eōrum eārum eōrum
Dative ei2
ēī 		īs1
iīs
eīs
Accusative eum eam id eōs eās ea
Ablative eō eā eō īs1
iīs
eīs

1The nom./dat./abl. plural forms regularly developed into a monosyllable /iː(s)/, with later remodelling - compare the etymology of deus. This /iː/ was normally spelled as EI during and as II after the Republic; a disyllabic iī, spelled II, Iꟾ, apears in Silver Age poetry, while disyllabic eīs is only post-Classical. Other spellings include EEI(S), EIEI(S), IEI(S).
2The dat. singular is found spelled EIEI (here represented as ēī) and scanned as two longs in Plautus, but also as a monosyllable. The latter is its normal scansion in Classical. Other spellings include EEI, IEI.

Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Latin correlatives (edit)
type interrogative indefinite (medial)
demonstrative		 proximal
demonstrative		 distal
demonstrative		 relative indefinite
relative		 identity other
basic quis, quī quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quisque, quisquam, aliquisquam, quispiam, ūllus is, iste, istic hic ille, illic quī quisquis, quīcumque ipse, īdem alter, alius
dual uter alteruter, uterque uter utercumque
number quot aliquot tot quot quotquot, quotcumque totidem
order quotus totus quotus quotuscumque
quantity quam aliquam tam quam †quamquam †tamen, †tandem
size quantus aliquantus tantus quantus quantuscumque tantusdem
quality quālis aliquālis tālis quālis quālis, quāliscumque
manner ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum utique, quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō ita, sic, eō/istō modō hōc modō illō modō ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque item, itidem aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
method,
path,
place 		quā aliquā, quāque eā, istāc hāc illāc quā quāquā, quācumque eādem aliā
place ubi alicubi, ubique, usquam, uspiam ibi, istic hīc illīc ubi ubiubi, ubicumque ibidem alibī, aliās
source unde alicunde, undeunde inde, istinc hinc illinc unde undecumque indidem aliunde
destination quō, quōrsum aliquō, quōquam, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum eō, istūc, °istōrsum hūc, °hōrsum illūc, °illōrsum quō quōquō, quōcumque eōdem aliō, aliorsum
time quandō quondam, aliquandō, quandōque, umquam tum, tunc num, nunc ōlim cum, quandō cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque simul aliās
exact time quota hora ea/ista hora hac hora illa hora quota hora quotacumque hora eadem hora altera/alia hora
repetition quotiēns aliquotiēns totiēns quotiēns quotiēnscumque
multiplication quotuplex totuplex quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated
° Rare
Latin personal pronouns together with the possessive and reflexive pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative Ablative Possessive
Singular First — ego meī mihi mē meus, -a, -um
Second — tū tuī tibi tē tuus, -a, -um
Reflexive third — — suī sibi sē, sēsē suus, -a, -um
Third Masculine is eius eī eum eō eius
Feminine ea eam eā
Neuter id id eō
Plural First — nōs nostrī, nostrum nōbīs nōs nōbīs noster, -tra,
-trum
Second — vōs vestrī, vestrum vōbīs vōs vōbīs vester, -tra,
-trum
Reflexive third — — suī sibi sē, sēsē suus, -a, -um
Third Masculine eī, iī eōrum eīs eōs eīs eōrum
Feminine eae eārum eās eārum
Neuter ea eōrum ea eōrum

Etymology 2[edit]

Inflected form of eō (“go”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

īs

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of eō

References[edit]

Middle Dutch[edit]

Verb[edit]

is

  1. third-person singular present indicative of wēsen

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old English īs, from Proto-West Germanic *īs.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

is (uncountable)

  2. ice (frozen water):
    1. A layer of frozen water as a surface.
    2. (rare) An individual portion of ice.
  3. (rare, figuratively) That which is short-lived like ice.
  4. (rare) icy conditions
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • English: ice
    • Bislama: aes
    • → Brunei Malay: ais
    • → Japanese: アイス (aisu)
    • → Korean: 아이스 (aiseu)
    • → Malay: ais
    • → Marshallese: aej, aij
    • → Sinhalese: අයිස් (ayis)
    • → Tokelauan: aiha
  • Scots: ice
References[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old English is, third-person present singular of wesan (“to be”), from Proto-Germanic *isti, third-person present singular of *wesaną (“to be, become”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

is

  2. third-person singular present indicative of been
    Synonym: bith
Descendants[edit]
  • English: is
  • Scots: is
  • Yola: is

Etymology 3[edit]

Determiner[edit]

is

  1. Alternative form of his (“his”)

Pronoun[edit]

is

  1. Alternative form of his (“his”)

Etymology 4[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

is

  1. Alternative form of his (“her”)

Etymology 5[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

is

  1. Alternative form of his (“them”)

Etymology 6[edit]

Noun[edit]

is (plural isnes)

  1. Alternative form of iren (“iron”)

Navajo[edit]

Interjection[edit]

is

  1. as if, as if it were true, it could be, is it really?, what do you mean by that?, so you say expressing surprise

Usage notes[edit]

Usually spelled with the final letter repeated: iss, isss, issss.

Alternative forms[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse íss (“ice”), from Proto-Germanic *īsaz, a variant of *īsą (“ice”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- (“ice, frost”).

Noun[edit]

is m (definite singular isen, indefinite plural is or iser, definite plural isene)

  1. (uncountable) ice, ice cream
  2. (countable) ice cream on a stick or cone.

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from is

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse íss, from Proto-Germanic *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-. Akin to English ice.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

is m (definite singular isen, indefinite plural isar, definite plural isane)

  1. ice
  2. ice cream

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from is

References[edit]

Nyishi[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Tani *si, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *si.

Noun[edit]

is

  1. water

References[edit]

  • P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language‎[4], Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-, *ey-, *ī- (“ice, frost”). Cognate with Old Frisian īs (West Frisian iis), Old Saxon īs (Low German Ies), Dutch ijs, Old High German īs (German Eis), Old Norse íss (Danish and Swedish is). There are parallels in many Iranian languages, apparently from the same Indo-European root: Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬑𐬀‎ (aēxa, “frost, ice”), Persian یخ‎ (yax), Pashto جح‎ (jaḥ), Ossetian их (ix).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

īs n

  1. ice
    Hit is swā ċeald þæt wæter sōna tō īse ġefrīest.
    It's so cold that water immediately freezes to ice.
    • the Legend of St Andrew
      Ofer ēastrēamas īs bryċġode.
      The ice formed a bridge over the streams.
  2. the runic character ᛁ (/i/ or /i:/)

Declension[edit]

Declension of is (strong-a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative īs īs
accusative īs īs
genitive īses īsa
dative īse īsum

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Old High German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *īs. Compare Old Saxon īs, Old English īs, Old Norse íss.

Noun[edit]

īs

  1. ice

Descendants[edit]

Old Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The lemma is itself is from Proto-Celtic *esti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti; other forms are from either *h₁es- or *bʰuH-.

Verb[edit]

is

  1. to be
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 14d26
      Is i persin Crist da·gníu-sa sin.
      It is in the person of Christ that I do that.

Usage notes[edit]

This is the so-called "copula", which is distinct from the "substantive verb" at·tá. The copula is used with noun predicates and to introduce a cleft sentence.

Conjugation[edit]

See {{sga-conj-is}} for the complete conjugation.

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

  • cesu (“although... is”)
  • condid (“so that... is”)
  • in (“is... ?”)
  • masu (“if... is”)
  • ní (“is not”)

Descendants[edit]

  • Irish: is
  • Manx: s’
  • Scottish Gaelic: is

Further reading[edit]

Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *it.

Pronoun[edit]

is (is)

  1. his, its
Declension[edit]
Old Saxon personal pronouns
Personal pronouns
Singular 1. 2. 3. m 3. f 3. n
Nominative ik thū hē siu it
Accusative mī, me, mik thī, thik ina sia
Dative mī thī imu iru it
Genitive mīn thīn is ira is
Dual 1. 2. - - -
Nominative wit git - - -
Accusative unk ink - - -
Dative
Genitive unkero - - -
Plural 1. 2. 3. m 3. f 3. n
Nominative wī, we gī, ge sia sia siu
Accusative ūs, unsik eu, iu, iuu
Dative ūs im
Genitive ūser euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera iro

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

is

  1. third-person singular present indicative of wesan

Etymology 3[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- (“ice, frost”). Cognate with Old Frisian īs (West Frisian iis), Old English īs (English ice), Dutch ijs, Old High German īs (German Eis), Old Norse íss (Danish and Swedish is).

Noun[edit]

īs n

  1. ice
  2. The runic character ᛁ (/i/ or /i:/)
Declension[edit]
Declension of īs (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative īs īs
accusative īs īs
genitive īses īsō
dative īse īsun
instrumental — —


Descendants[edit]
  • Middle Low German: îs
    • Low German:
      • German Low German: Ies

Onondaga[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

is

  1. you

References[edit]

  • Hanni Woodbury (2018) A Reference Grammar of the Onondaga Language, University of Toronto, page 309

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

is

  1. plural of i
    • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 411:
      Se você pôs os pingos nos is e cortou os tês então pode fazer o que quiser!
      If you've dotted your I's and crossed your T's, then you can do whatever you want!

Scots[edit]

Adverb[edit]

is (not comparable)

  1. (South Scots) as

Synonyms[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

is

  1. (South Scots) as

Synonyms[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

is (personal, non-emphatic)

  1. (South Scots) me

See also[edit]

  • A
  • mei (emphatic variant)

Verb[edit]

is

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of be

See also[edit]

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɪs̪/
  • Hyphenation: is

Etymology 1[edit]

Cognate with Irish is.

Conjunction[edit]

is

  1. Clipping of agus (“and”).
Usage notes[edit]
  • Is is often shortened further to 's.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Irish is. Cognate with Irish is and Manx s'.

Verb[edit]

is

  1. (copulative) am, is, are
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of bi (highly irregular)
First sg Second sg Third sg m Third sg f First pl Second pl Third pl
Independent Present tha mi tha thu tha e tha i tha sinn tha sibh tha iad
Past bha mi bha thu bha e bha i bha sinn bha sibh bha iad
Future bidh mi
bithidh mi 		bidh tu
bithidh tu 		bidh e
bithidh e 		bidh i
bithidh i 		bidh sinn
bithidh sinn 		bidh sibh
bithidh sibh 		bidh iad
bithidh iad
Conditional bhithinn bhiodh tu
bhitheadh tu 		bhiodh e
bhitheadh e 		bhiodh i
bhitheadh i 		bhiomaid
bhitheamaid 		bhiodh sibh
bhitheadh sibh 		bhiodh iad
bhitheadh iad
Imperative bitheam bi biodh e
bitheadh e 		biodh i
bitheadh i 		biomaid
bitheamaid 		bithibh biodh iad
bitheadh iad
Negative Present chan eil mi chan eil thu chan eil e chan eil i chan eil sinn chan eil sibh chan eil iad
Past cha robh mi cha robh thu cha robh e cha robh i cha robh sinn cha robh sibh cha robh iad
Future cha bhi mi cha bhi thu cha bhi e cha bhi i cha bhi sinn cha bhi sibh cha bhi iad
Conditional cha bhithinn cha bhiodh tu
cha bhitheadh tu 		cha bhiodh e
cha bhitheadh e 		cha bhiodh i
cha bhitheadh i 		cha bhiomaid
cha bhitheamaid 		cha bhiodh sibh
cha bhitheadh sibh 		cha bhiodh iad
cha bhitheadh iad
Affirmative
Interrogative 		Present a bheil mi? a bheil thu? a bheil e? a bheil i? a bheil sinn? a bheil sibh? a bheil iad?
Past an robh mi? an robh thu? an robh e? an robh i? an robh sinn? an robh sibh? an robh iad?
Future am bi mi? am bi thu? am bi e? am bi i? am bi sinn? am bi sibh? am bi iad?
Conditional am bithinn? am biodh tu?
am bitheadh tu? 		am biodh e?
am bitheadh e? 		am biodh i?
am bitheadh i? 		am biomaid?
am bhitheamaid? 		am biodh sibh?
am bitheadh sibh? 		am biodh iad?
am bitheadh iad?
Negative
Interrogative 		Present nach eil mi? nach eil thu? nach eil e? nach eil i? nach eil sinn? nach eil sibh? nach eil iad?
Past nach robh mi? nach robh thu? nach robh e? nach robh i? nach robh sinn? nach robh sibh? nach robh iad?
Future nach bi mi? nach bi thu? nach bi e? nach bi i? nach bi sinn? nach bi sibh? nach bi iad?
Conditional nach bithinn? nach biodh tu?
nach bitheadh tu? 		nach biodh e?
nach bitheadh e? 		nach biodh i?
nach bitheadh i? 		nach biomaid?
nach bhitheamaid? 		nach biodh sibh?
nach bitheadh sibh? 		nach biodh iad?
nach bitheadh iad?
Relative
future 		Affirmative (ma) bitheas mi (ma) bitheas tu (ma) bitheas e (ma) bitheas i (ma) bitheas sinn (ma) bitheas sibh (ma) bitheas iad
Negative (mur) bi mi (mur) bi tu (mur) bi e (mur) bi i (mur) bi sinn (mur) bi sibh (mur) bi iad
Infinitive a bhith
Conjugation of is (highly irregular, defective)
First sg Second sg Third sg m Third sg f First pl Second pl Third pl
Independent Present is mi is thu is e is i is sinn is sibh is iad
Past bu mi bu thu b'e b'i bu sinn bu sibh b'iad
Conditional
Negative Present cha mhi cha tu chan e chan i cha sinn cha sibh chan iad
Past cha bu mi cha bu thu cha b'e cha b'i cha bu sinn cha bu sibh cha b'iad
Conditional
Affirmative
Interrogative 		Present am mi? an tu? an e? an i? an sinn? an sibh? an iad?
Past am bu mi am bu thu am b'e am b'i am bu sinn am bu sibh am b'iad
Conditional
Negative
Interrogative 		Present nach mi? nach tu? nach e? nach i? nach sinn? nach sibh? nach iad?
Past nach bu mi nach bu thu nach b'e nach b'i nach bu sinn nach bu sibh nach b'iad
Conditional
Conjugation of thathar (highly irregular, defective, impersonal)
Present Past Future
Independent thathar, thatar, thathas bhathar, bhatar, bhathas bithear, bitear, bitheas
Negative chan eilear, chan eileas cha robhas, cha robhar cha bithear, cha bitear, cha bitheas
Affirmative interrogative am beilear? am beileas?
a bheilear? a bheileas? 		an robhas? an robhar? am bithear? am biteas?
Negative interrogative nach eilear? nach eileas? nach robhas? nach robhar? nach bithear? nach bitear? nach bitheas?
Usage notes[edit]
  • Is is often shortened to 's.
  • Is is used when linking the subject of a sentence with an object ("somebody is somebody", "somebody is something", "something is something"), otherwise forms of the verb bi are used:
    Is mise Dòmhnall. ― I am Donald.
    Tha mise anns an t-seòmar. ― I am in the room.

References[edit]

  • Colin Mark (2003), “is”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 368

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish is, from Old Norse íss, from Proto-Germanic *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

is c

  1. (uncountable) Ice; frozen water.
  2. (countable) Ice; a sheet of ice lying on a body of water.

Declension[edit]

Declension of is 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative is isen isar isarna
Genitive is isens isars isarnas

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

Tok Pisin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English East.

Noun[edit]

is

  1. East

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *ï̄ĺ(č) (“soot, dirty smoke”).

Noun[edit]

is (definite accusative isi, plural isler)

  1. soot
  2. fume (solid deposit)
  3. kohl

Derived terms[edit]

Declension[edit]

Inflection
Nominative is
Definite accusative isi
Singular Plural
Nominative is isler
Definite accusative isi isleri
Dative ise islere
Locative iste islerde
Ablative isten islerden
Genitive isin islerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular isim islerim
2nd singular isin islerin
3rd singular isi isleri
1st plural isimiz islerimiz
2nd plural isiniz isleriniz
3rd plural isleri isleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular isimi islerimi
2nd singular isini islerini
3rd singular isini islerini
1st plural isimizi islerimizi
2nd plural isinizi islerinizi
3rd plural islerini islerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular isime islerime
2nd singular isine islerine
3rd singular isine islerine
1st plural isimize islerimize
2nd plural isinize islerinize
3rd plural islerine islerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular isimde islerimde
2nd singular isinde islerinde
3rd singular isinde islerinde
1st plural isimizde islerimizde
2nd plural isinizde islerinizde
3rd plural islerinde islerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular isimden islerimden
2nd singular isinden islerinden
3rd singular isinden islerinden
1st plural isimizden islerimizden
2nd plural isinizden islerinizden
3rd plural islerinden islerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular isimin islerimin
2nd singular isinin islerinin
3rd singular isinin islerinin
1st plural isimizin islerimizin
2nd plural isinizin islerinizin
3rd plural islerinin islerinin

Volapük[edit]

Adverb[edit]

is

  1. here

Welsh[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Welsh is, from Proto-Celtic *ɸīssu (“under”), from Proto-Indo-European *pedsú, locative plural of *pṓds (“foot”). Cognate with Old Irish ís.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

is

  1. comparative degree of isel: lower

Preposition[edit]

is

  1. lower than, under

Related terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
is unchanged unchanged his
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Yola[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English is, from Old English is.

Verb[edit]

is

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ba
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Doost thou know fidi is a hamaron?
      Do you know where is the horse-collar?

References[edit]

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 44
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