ís

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "is"

Faroese

Noun

ís

  1. accusative/genitive singular of ísur

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Etymology

From Old Norse íss.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ís m (genitive singular íss, nominative plural ísar)

  1. ice
    Synonym: klaki
    Um það bil 81% af yfirborði Grænlands er þakið ís.
    About 81% of Greenland's surface is covered by ice.
  2. ice cream
    Synonym: rjómaís
    Langar þig í ís?
    Do you want some ice cream?

Declension

Declension of ís (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ís ísinn ísar ísarnir
accusative ís ísinn ísa ísana
dative ís, ísi1 ísnum ísum ísunum
genitive íss íssins ísa ísanna

1Rare except in fixed expressions.

Derived terms

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸīssu, from Proto-Indo-European *pedsú, locative plural of *pṓds (“foot”).[1]

Pronunciation

Preposition

ís (takes the dative)

  1. under, below, beneath
    • Patrick's Hymn, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, p. 350, line 17
      Drochet bethad bīd íssum   bennacht Dé athar úasum.
      Let there be a bridge of life beneath me, the blessing of God the Father above me.
    • Patrick's Hymn, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, p. 357, line 15
      Críst indium, Críst íssum, Críst úasum
      Christ in me, Christ below me, Christ above me
    • c. 808, Félire Oengusso, Epilogue, line 377; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:
      Fom·glúaissi mór ndubai sund ís riched rindmas...
      Much sorrow disquiets me here, below star-beautiful heaven...
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 46a8
      hís bronnait
      under a small belly (glossing Latin infra ventriculum)
    Synonym: fo
    Antonym: úas

Inflection

Relativized, possessive, and article-based forms of this preposition are not attested.

Inflection of ís
Person Normal Emphatic
1st person sing. íssum
2d person sing.
3d sing. masc./neut., dative íssa
3d sing. masc./neut., accusative
3d sing. fem., dative
3d sing. fem., accusative
1st person pl.
2d person pl.
3d person pl., dative
3d person pl., accusative

Derived terms

Descendants

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 131

Further reading

Old Norse

Noun

ís

  1. accusative singular of íss
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