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1. (verb) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of be.
2. (Afrikaans, verb) am, are, is (present tense, all persons, plural and singular of wees, to be)
3. (Catalan, noun) Plural of i.
4. (Danish, noun, uncountable) ice, ice cream (water in frozen form, dessert)
5. (Danish, noun, countable) ice, ice cream (ice cream on a stick or in a wafer cone)
6. (Dutch, verb) The third-person singular present indicative of zijn; is.
7. (Dutch, verb) equals
8. (Dutch, adverb, informal, dialect) Abbreviation of eens
9. (Hungarian, adverb) also, too, as well
10. (Hungarian, adverb, after an interrogative word) again (used in a question to ask something one has forgotten)
11. (Irish, conjunction) Reduced form of agus.
12. (Irish, particle) Used with the comparative/superlative form of adjectives to form the simple comparative:
13. (Irish, particle) Used with the comparative/superlative form of adjectives to form the superlative:
14. (Irish, verb) Copula form, non-past of tá.
15. (Latin, verb) second-person singular present active indicative of eō.
16. (Latin, pronoun, demonstrative) it; he (refers to a masculine word)
17. (Norwegian, Old English, noun) ice
18. (Old English, noun) The runic character ᛁ (/i/ or /i:/)
19. (Portuguese, noun) Plural form of i.
20. (Scots, adverb, South Scots) as
21. (Scots, conjunction, South Scots) as
22. (Scots, pronoun, South Scots) me
23. (Scots, verb) Third-person singular simple present form of ti be
24. (Scottish Gaelic, conjunction) and
25. (Scottish Gaelic, verb) am, are, is
26. (Swedish, noun, uncountable) Ice; frozen water.
27. (Swedish, noun, countable) Ice; a sheet of ice lying on a body of water.

From Proto-Germanic *isti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ést (“‘is’”). The paradigm of "to be" has been since the time of Proto-Germanic a synthesis of three originally distinct verb stems. The infinitive form "to be" is from *bʰuH- (“‘to become’”). The words "is" and "are" are both derived from *h₁es- (“‘to be’”) Lastly, the past forms starting with "w-" such as "was" and "were" are from *h₂wes- (“‘to reside’”).

• (UK, US) IPA: /ɪz/, SAMPA: /Iz/

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  Rhymes: -ɪz

is

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

   He is a doctor. He retired some time ago.

   Should he do the task, it is vital that you follow him.

For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

• si, Si, SI

is

1. am, are, is (present tense, all persons, plural and singular of wees, to be)

is f. pl.

1. Plural of i.

is c. (singular definite isen, plural indefinite is)

1. (uncountable) ice, ice cream (water in frozen form, dessert)
2. (countable) ice, ice cream (ice cream on a stick or in a wafer cone)

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is

1. The third-person singular present indicative of zijn; is.
2. equals

   Twaalf min drie is negen — twelve minus three equals nine

is

1. (informal, dialect) Abbreviation of eens

Cognate of és (“‘and’”).

• IPA: /ˈiʃ/

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is

1. also, too, as well
2. (after an interrogative word) again (used in a question to ask something one has forgotten)

   Hogy is hívják? (What's that called, again?)

• szintén

• mégis
• ugyanis
• úgyis

Expressions

• a falnak is füle van
• segíts magadon, s az Isten is megsegít
• sok jó ember kis helyen is elfér

From agus.

• IPA: , IPA:

is

1. Reduced form of agus.

• and

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“‘to be’”).

• IPA: , (before nouns and adjectives)
• IPA: (before pronouns é, í, ea, iad)

is

1. Used with the comparative/superlative form of adjectives to form the simple comparative:

• more, -er

1. Used with the comparative/superlative form of adjectives to form the superlative:

• most, -est

• Used to form either the comparative or superlative:

an buachaill is mó -- the larger boy, the largest boy

• Note: the thing compared is introduced by ná:

Is mó an buachaill ná Séamus -- The boy is bigger than James;

• Note the use as a superlative:

Is é Séamus 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")

• ba
• níos

is

1. Copula form, non-past of tá.

• is, are; will be

• Used in present and future sentences for identification or definition of a subject as the person/object identified in the predicate of the sentence:

• Is múinteoir é Dónall. (definition: predicate is indefinite)

Dónall is a teacher.

• Is é Dónall an múinteoir. (identification: predicate is definite)

Dónall is the teacher.

• Sometimes used with noun or adjective predicates, especially in certain fixed idiomatic phrases. It is not a substantive verb.

• Is féidir liom snámh. (idiomatic noun predicate)

I can swim.

• Is maith liom tae. (idiomatic adjective predicate)

I like tea.

• ba (used in past and conditional sentences)

Inflected form of eō (“‘go’”).

• (Classical) IPA: /iːs/

īs

1. second-person singular present active indicative of eō.

From Proto-Indo-European *éy, *íh₂, *íd (“‘the’”).

• (Classical) IPA: /is/

is m.; (f. ea, n. id, pl. ei)

1. (demonstrative) it; he (refers to a masculine word)

   Is ad me rescripsit.

   He wrote to me again.

Irregular: similar to first and second declensions, except for singular genitives ending in "-ius" and singular datives ending in "-ī".

From Old Norse íss.

is m. (definite singular isen; uncountable)

1. ice

From Proto-Germanic *īsa- from Proto-Indo-European *ei-, *ī- (“‘ice, frost’”). Cognate with Old Frisian īs, Old Saxon īs (Dutch ijs), Old High German īs (German Eis), Old Norse íss (Swedish is). There are parallels in many Iranian languages, apparently from the same IE root: Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬑𐬀 (aēxa-), “‘frost, ice’”), Persian یخ (yakh), Pashto جح (jaḥ), Ossetian их.

• IPA: /i:s/

īs n.

1. ice
   • the Legend of St Andrew

     Ofer eastreamas is brycgade.

     The ice formed a bridge over the streams.

2. The runic character ᛁ (/i/ or /i:/)

• īsiġ

• English: ice

• (Brazil) IPA: /ˈijs/, /ˈis/
• (Carioca) IPA: /ˈijʃ/

is

1. Plural form of i.
   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia 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!

is (not comparable)

1. (South Scots) as

• es

is

1. (South Scots) as

• es

is personal, non-emphatic

1. (South Scots) me

• A
• mei (emphatic variant)

is

1. Third-person singular simple present form of ti be

• ir

• 's

is

1. and

• agus

is

1. am, are, is

• This defective verb doesn't have the infinitive, future tense, subjunctive or conditional moods.
• The dependent form, used after particles, is e.
• 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 ann an taigh-seinnse. - I am in a pub.

• an e...?
• bu
• chan e
• gur e

From Old Norse íss.

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is c. (uncountable and countable)

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