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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
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 | |||||
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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 | |||
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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.