isch

See also: Isch, ìsch, and -isch

Alemannic German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German īs, from Old High German īs, from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-. Compare German Eis, Dutch ijs, English ice, Swedish is.

Noun

isch

1. (Gressoney, Rimella and Campello Monti, Formazza) ice

Alternative forms

• Iis, Is, Isch, éisch

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Etymology 2

From Middle High German ist, from Old High German ist, from Proto-West Germanic *ist, from Proto-Germanic *isti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti. Cognate with German ist, Dutch is, West Frisian is, English is.

Verb

isch

2. third-person singular present of sii

Alternative forms

• ìsch (Alsatian)

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• esch (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)
• üsch (Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin ostium.

Noun

isch m (plural ischs)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran) door

Scots

Alternative forms

• ische, usch, iss

Etymology

From Middle English yssh/issh.

Verb

isch (third-person singular simple present ischis, present participle isching, simple past ischit, past participle ischit)

1. (Middle Scots, intransitive) to go or come out; go forth
2. (Middle Scots, frequentative) to sally out, make a sally or sortie (said of a beleaguered force, one lying in ambush, etc.)
3. (Middle Scots, often figurative) to issue, flow out, pour out
4. (Middle Scots) to proceed as issue; to be born
5. (Middle Scots, transitive) to clear (a room, building, etc.) of occupants by causing them to go out

Conjugation

Conjugation of isch

infinitive	(to) isch
indicative	present	preterite
1st person singular	isch	ischit, isched
2nd person singular	isch	ischit, isched
3rd person singular	ischis	ischit, isched
plural	isch	ischit, isched
imperative	present	—
singular	isch (ȝow)!
plural	isch (þow)!
participle	present	past
	ischyng¹ (-ing), ischand(e)²	¹(i-, y-)ischit, ¹(i-, y-)isched
Note: The conjugation of verbs in Middle Scots is quite irregular and varies from region to region; this is just a proposal based on the formal verbs found in texts. ¹: Southern Middle Scots ²: Northern Middle Scots