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inis
inis
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪnʲɪʃ/
 
Etymology 1
From Old Irish inis, from Proto-Celtic *enistī (“standing in (the water)”), from Proto-Indo-European *en- (“in”) + *steh₂- (“stand”). Cognate with Welsh ynys.
Noun
inis f (genitive singular inse, nominative plural insí)
Declension
Declension of inis
Second declension
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 Bare forms 
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 Forms with the definite article 
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Synonyms
Etymology 2
From Old Irish in·fét, from in- + -fét, from Proto-Celtic *wēdo-, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“know, see”)
Verb
inis (present analytic insíonn, future analytic inseoidh, verbal noun insint, past participle inste)
- to tell
 
Conjugation
Second Conjugation
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
‡Dependent form
In the older literary language, the future and conditional are built on the stem inneos-; this survives in parts of Munster, shortened to neos-:
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| future | inneosad; neosad | inneosair; neosair | inneosaidh sé, sí; neosaidh sé, sí | inneosaimíd; neosaimíd | inneosaidh sibh; neosaidh sibh | inneosaid; neosaid |   a inneosaidh; a inneosas; a neosaidh / a n-inneosaidh*; a n-inneosas*; a neosaidh*  | 
inneosfar; neosfar | 
| conditional |   d’inneosainn; neosainn / inneosainn‡  | 
  d’inneosfá; neosfá / inneosfᇠ | 
  d’inneosadh sé, sí; neosadh sé, sí / inneosadh sé, sí‡  | 
  d’inneosaimís; neosaimís / inneosaimís‡  | 
  d’inneosadh sibh; neosadh sibh / inneosadh sibh‡  | 
  d’inneosaidís; neosaidís / inneosaidís‡  | 
  a d’inneosadh; a neosadh / ar inneosadh*; ar neosadh*  | 
  d’inneosfaí; neosfaí / inneosfaí‡  | 
* Indirect relative
‡Dependent form
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis | 
| inis | n-inis | hinis | t-inis | 
|  Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.  | |||
Tagalog
Noun
inis
See also
Synonyms
Verb
inis
-  Feeling or showing irritation, vexation, or annoyance.
- Ayoko siyang kausapin dahil naiinis ako sa ginawa niya. -- I refuse to talk to him for I am annoyed with what he did.
 
 -  Characterizing a stressful or irritable helplessness from a daunting task.
- Naiinis ako sa binabasa ko dahil 'di ko ito maintindihan. -- What I've been reading irritates me 'cause I can't understand it.