ís

See also: Appendix:Variations of "is"

Faroese

Noun

ís

1. accusative/genitive singular of ísur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse íss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːs/

  Rhymes: -iːs

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

• Ísland
• íslenskur
• ístegund
• þurrís

 

Old Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːs/

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, [and] 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. 46^a8

     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

• anís

Descendants

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ís”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Norse

Noun

ís

1. accusative singular of íss