insint

insint

Irish

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 Case Singular Plural Nominative insint insintí Vocative a insint a insintí Genitive insinte insintí Dative insint insintí

Forms with the definite article Case 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

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative insint Vocative a insint Genitive inste Dative insint

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an insint Genitive na hinste Dative leis an insint don insint

Derived terms

• claoninsint f (“indirect speech, reported speech”)
• gearrinsint f (“short account, epitome”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
insint	n-insint	hinsint	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "insint" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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Latin

Verb

īnsint

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of īnsum