insint

Irish

Alternative forms

• insin, innsin, innsint (superseded)
• inse (Ulster)
• inseacht (Connacht)

Etymology

From Old Irish indisin.

Noun

insint f (genitive singular as substantive insinte, genitive as verbal noun inste, nominative plural insintí)

1. verbal noun of inis
2. declaiming, narrating, reciting, performing, relation, utterance

   Synonyms: aithriseoireacht, reacaireacht

3. narration, narrative, diegesis

   Synonym: scéal

4. version

   Synonym: leagan

Declension

As substantive

Declension of insint (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative insint insintí vocative a insint a insintí genitive insinte insintí dative insint insintí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an insint na hinsintí genitive na hinsinte na n-insintí dative leis an insint don insint leis na hinsintí

As verbal noun

Declension of insint (second declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative insint vocative a insint genitive inste dative insint forms with the definite article singular nominative an insint genitive na hinste dative leis an insint don insint

Derived terms

• claoninsint
• gearrinsint

Mutation

Mutated forms of insint

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
insint	n-insint	hinsint	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “insint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “innsin(t)”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 400

Latin

Verb

īnsint

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of īnsum