is
I.
(see Parad.), verb of simple assertion; is fear mé 7c., I am a man etc.; is cuma liom, I am indifferent; is maith an scéal é, it is good news; is iongnadh liom, I wonder, it is used to express compar. and super, of adjectives, as an fear is feárr, the best man; is feárr ór 'ná airgead, gold is better than silver; cf. níos measa = nidh-is-measa, somet. nídh-sa-mheasa; also is iomdha fear ann, great is the number of men there; is tearc duine bhíonn 7c., few are the men who etc. is fear mise 7c., can be converted into fear is eadh mise 7c. In the present tense is is omitted with ní, nach, and the interrogatives cia, créad, an; an fear is mó cáil, the man of greatest fame; fear is mór cáil, a man whose fame is great. It is also used as a simple copula connecting a subject and predicate directly.
II.
, conj. = agus, and, etc. See <<agus>>.
ise
, she, herself, itself (f.); emphatic form of í.
is eadh
('seadh), it is this, this is it or what; fear is eadh é, he is a man, and not something else; i gCorcaigh is eadh cuireadh é, it is in Cork he was buried.
isean
, g. isin, pl. id., m., a young goose, a chicken.
isin
(i + an), in the.
isiréad
(?), the switch that sprinkles holy water (W. Ker.).
ist
= ins an, in such phrases as ist-oidhche, or ast-oidhche, in the night.
isteach
(into the house), in, within, into (with motion); tar isteach, come in; chuaidh sé isteach, he went in, isteach leis, id.
istigh
, ad. (in the house), in, within, inside (a state of rest); as a., inside, inner: an taobh istigh, the lowest (figure) or nearest (date); fan istigh, stay in the house, do not go out; d'iarr sé air bheith istigh go lá, he asked him to give him a night's lodging; tá an cáirde istigh, the time is up (poet.); pron. ostuigh (U.).