insint

Irish

Alternative forms

innsint (superseded)
inse (Ulster)

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

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

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.

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

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