Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish indisin.
Noun
insint f (genitive singular as substantive insinte, genitive as verbal noun inste, nominative plural insintí)
- verbal noun of inis
- declaiming, narrating, reciting, performing, relation, utterance
- Synonyms: aithriseoireacht, reacaireacht
- narration, narrative, diegesis
- Synonym: scéal
- version
- Synonym: leagan
Declension
- As substantive
Declension of insint (second declension)
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- As verbal noun
Declension of insint (second declension, no plural)
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Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of insint
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eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| insint
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n-insint
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hinsint
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not applicable
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “insint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “innsin(t)”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 400
Latin
Verb
īnsint
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of īnsum