English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Inglis, from Old English is, from Proto-Germanic *isti, a form of Template:Wt/sco/proto, from Template:Wt/sco/proto. Cognate with Wast Frisian is (“is”), Dutch is (“is”), German ist (“is”), Old Swedish is (“is”). The paradigm of "to be" has been since the time of Proto-Germanic a synthesis of four originally distinct verb stems. The infinitive form "to be" is from Template:Wt/sco/proto. The forms is and am are derived from Template:Wt/sco/proto whereas the form are comes from Template:Wt/sco/proto. Lastly, the past forms starting with "w-" such as was and were are from Template:Wt/sco/proto.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK, US) IPA(No language code specified.): /ɪz/, X-SAMPA: /Iz/
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Verb edit
is
- Template:Wt/sco/third-person singular of
- He is a doctor. He retired some time ago.
- Should he do the task, it is vital that you follow him.
- It all depends on what the meaning of is is. - William Jefferson Clinton
Quotations edit
- For uissage exemples o this term, see Citations:is.
Translations edit
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See also edit
Statistics edit
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Verb edit
is
Catalan edit
Noun edit
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Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
is c (singular definite Wt/sco/isen, plural indefinite Wt/sco/is)
- Template:Wt/sco/uncountable ice, ice cream (water in frozen form, dessert)
- Template:Wt/sco/countable ice, ice cream (ice cream on a stick or in a wafer cone)
Inflection edit
common gender |
Seengular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | Wt/sco/is | Wt/sco/isen | Wt/sco/is | Wt/sco/isene |
genitive | is' | Wt/sco/isens | is' | Wt/sco/isenes |
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
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- equals
- Twaalf min drie is negen — twelve minus three equals nine
Adverb edit
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- Template:Wt/sco/informal Misspelling of es, an abbreviation of eens
Anagrams edit
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
is
- Romanization o 𐌹𐍃
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Cognate of Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:debug' not found..
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
is
- also, too, as well
- Lua error in Module:Wt/sco/labels/templates at line 29: The parameter "lang" is required.. again (used in a question to ask something one has forgotten)
- Hogy is hívják? (What's that called, again?)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- Expressions
Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From agus.
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
is
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Etymology 2 edit
Ultimately from Template:Wt/sco/proto.
Pronunciation edit
Particle edit
is
- Present/future realis copula form
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- Used to introduce the comparative/superlative form of adjectives
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Usage notes edit
Used in present and future sentences 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. It is not a verb.
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
- an (used in interrogative sentences)
- ba (used in past and conditional sentences)
- ní (used in negative sentences)
- nach (used in negative questions)
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inflected form of eō (“go”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
īs
- singular present active indicative of 2
Etymology 2 edit
From Template:Wt/sco/proto.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
is Lua error in Module:Wt/sco/links/templates at line 46: The parameter "1" is required..; (f ea, n id, pl ei)
- Template:Wt/sco/demonstrative it; he (refers to a masculine word), this, that
- Is ad me rescripsit.
- He wrote to me again.
- Is ad me rescripsit.
Declension edit
Irregular: similar to first and second declensions, except for singular genitives ending in "-ius" and singular datives ending in "-ī".
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case \ Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
nominative | is | ea | id | eī, iī | eae | ea | |
genitive | eius | eius | eius | eōrum | eārum | eōrum | |
dative | eī | eī | eī | eīs, iīs | eīs, iīs | eīs, iīs | |
accusative | eum | eam | id | eōs | eās | ea | |
ablative | eō | eā | eō | eīs, iīs | eīs, iīs | eīs, iīs |
See also edit
Nummer | Person | Gender | Nominative | Genitive | Dative | Accusative | Ablative | Possessive |
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Singular | First | — | ego | meī | mihi | mē | meus, -a, -um | |
Seicont | — | 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 |
Seicondt | 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 |
Norwegian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Template:Wt/sco/proto, from Template:Wt/sco/proto. 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 Indo-European root: Avestan Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:debug' not found., Persian یخ (yakh), Pashto جح (jaḥ), Ossetian их (ix).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
īs ?
- ice
- the Legend of St Andrew
- Ofer eastreamas is brycgade.
- The ice formed a bridge over the streams.
- Ofer eastreamas is brycgade.
- the Legend of St Andrew
- The runic character ᛁ (/i/ or /i:/)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: ice
Old High German edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
īs
Old Saxon edit
Etymology edit
From Template:Wt/sco/proto.
Pronoun edit
is ((h)is)
Declension edit
Personal pronouns | |||||
Singular | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | ik | thū | hē | sīu | it |
Accusative | mī, mik | thī, thik | ina | sīa | |
Dative | mī | thī | imu | iru | it |
Genitive | mīn | thīn | is | ira | is, sīn |
Dual | 1. | 2. | - | - | - |
Nominative | wit | git | - | - | - |
Accusative | unk | ink | - | - | - |
Dative | |||||
Genitive | unkaro | inka | - | - | - |
Plural | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | wī | gī | sīa | sīa | sīu |
Accusative | ūs | iu | |||
Dative | im | ||||
Genitive | ūsa | iuwa | iro |
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
is
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- 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!
- Se você pôs os pingos nos is e cortou os tês então pode fazer o que quiser!
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 411:
Scots edit
Adverb edit
is (nae comparable)
Synonyms edit
Conjunction edit
Wt/sco/is
Synonyms edit
Pronoun edit
Wt/sco/is personal, non-emphatic
See also edit
Verb edit
is
- Third-person singular simple present form of ti be
See also edit
Scottish Gaelic edit
Alternative forms edit
Conjunction edit
is
Synonyms edit
Verb edit
is
Usage notes edit
- 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.
Derived terms edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
audio (file)
Noun edit
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- Template:Wt/sco/uncountable Ice; frozen water.
- Template:Wt/sco/countable Ice; a sheet of ice lying on a body of water.
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
nominative | Wt/sco/Wt/sco/isen | |||
genitive | is |
Tok Pisin edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
is
Volapük edit
Adverb edit
is