Contionary:ísan
Dhannuá
Etymology
A mix of the old Indo-European copula in *h₁es- and *bʰuH- ‘to become, appear’
Pronunciation
(Standard Aurónian) IPA: /i:san/
Verb
ísan (no infinitive, suppletive past in bhú-)
- to be
- Íssi úir megair.
- You are a great man.
- Íssi úir megair.
Inflection
| conjugation of ísan
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | singular | plural | |||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | ía | dhú | so | úei | íeh | sei | |||
| present | ísan | ís, íssi | ís, ísdh | samas, samar | ísdi, ísdidh | sanad | |||
| future | future I | bhúirinn | bhúiris | bhúiridh | bhúirim | bhúiridh | bhúirann | ||
| future II | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| past | bhúann | bhúas | bhúadh | bhúam, bhúan | bhúadh | bhúann | |||
| imperative | siain | ísdhi | ísdhu | sín | sídhi | sandú | |||