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See also: Appendix:Variations of "is"
English
[edit]Prefix
[edit]is-
- form of iso- before a vowel
Derived terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Choctaw
[edit]Prefix
[edit]is- (except before s ish-, class I second-person singular)
- the subject of an active transitive verb
- you, thou
- the subject of an intransitive active verb
- you, thou
- the subject of a negative imperative verb Sakopōlih! → Issakopōlinna!
- Bite me! → Don't bite me!
Inflection
[edit]Choctaw Person Markers
| class I | class II | class III | class N | imperative | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +s | +C | +V | +C/i | +a/o | +C | +V | +C | +V | +C | +V | |||
| first-person | singular | initial | -li | sa- | si- | a̱- | am- | ak- | n/a | ||||
| medial | -sa- | -sam- | |||||||||||
| paucal | ī- | il- | pi- | pi̱- | pim- | kī- | kil- | ||||||
| plural | hapi- | hapi̱- | hapim- | ||||||||||
| second-person | singular | is- | ish- | chi- | chi̱- | chim- | chik- | ∅ | |||||
| plural | has- | hash- | hachi- | hachi̱- | hachim- | hachik- | ho- | oh- | |||||
| third-person | ∅ | ∅ | i̱- | im- | ik- | ||||||||
French
[edit]Prefix
[edit]is-
- form of iso- before a vowel
Derived terms
[edit]Maltese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Article
[edit]is-
- Alternative form of il-
Usage notes
[edit]- Used before the letter s. For details on usage, see the main lemma.
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]See is. Cognate with Cornish is-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]is-
- lower, deputy, lieutenant, sub-, vice-, under-, by-
- Antonym: uwch-
- is- + arlywydd (“president”) → is-arlywydd (“vice-president”)
- is- + deddf (“law”) → is-ddeddf (“byelaw”)
- is- + rhywogaeth (“species”) → isrywogaeth (“subspecies”)
- is- + teitl (“title”) → isteitl (“subtitle”)
Usage notes
[edit]Triggers the soft mutation on the noun following.
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| is- | unchanged | unchanged | his- |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “is-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies