innis

Irish

Verb

innis (present analytic innseann, future analytic innseochaidh, verbal noun innsint, past participle inniste)

  1. Archaic form of inis (“tell”)

Manx

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish inis.

Noun

innis f (genitive singular innis, plural innisyn)

  1. island
  2. islet

Synonyms

References

  • “1 inis” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ĩːʃ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish inis.

Noun

innis f (genitive singular innse, plural innsean or innseachan)

  1. island, inch
  2. meadow, pasture, haugh
  3. sheltered valley protected by a wood.
  4. headland
  5. (Islay) Choice place
  6. (Ross, Sutherland) A low-lying and sheltered place, where cows are gathered to be milked and where they lie out at night.
  7. distress, misery
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish indisid (“tells, recounts, mentions, describes”).

Verb

innis (past dh'innis, future innsidh, verbal noun innse, past participle inniste)

  1. tell
  2. declare, relate
  3. report, inform
Derived terms

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “1 inis” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “indisid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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