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Webster 1913 Edition


Is

Is

,
Verb.
I.
[AS.
is
; akin to G. & Goth.
ist
, L.
est
, Gr. [GREEK], Skr.
asti
. √9. Cf.
Am
,
Entity
,
Essence
,
Absent
.]
The third person singular of the substantive verb be, in the indicative mood, present tense;
as, he
is
; he
is
a man
. See
Be
.
☞ In some varieties of the Northern dialect of Old English, is was used for all persons of the singular.
For thy
is
I come, and eke Alain.
Chaucer.
Aye
is
thou merry.
Chaucer.
☞ The idiom of using the present for future events sure to happen is a relic of Old English in which the present and future had the same form; as, this year Christmas is on Friday.

Webster 1828 Edition


Is

IS

,
Verb.
I.
iz.
[L. est.] The third person singular of the substantive verb, which is composed of three or four distinct roots, which appear in the words am, be, are, and is. Is and was coincide with the Latin esse, and Goth.wesan. In the indicative, present tense, it is thus varied; I am, thou art, he, she, or it, is; we, ye or you, they,
are.
In writing and speaking, the vowel is often dropped; as, he's gone; there's none left.

Definition 2024


See also: Appendix:Variations of "is"

Lakota

Pronoun

  1. he, she, it (3rd-person singular pronoun)
  2. they (3rd-person plural pronoun)

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *eḱs (out of), *eǵʰs, *h₁eǵʰs. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἐξ (ex), Latin ex, Old Irish ess-, a, ass (Irish as) and Old Church Slavonic из (iz).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɪʃ]

Preposition

ìš (with genitive)

  1. from, out of; through

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