is
verbpronounnountop 100 in film dialogue
- Australia//ɪz//
- New Zealand//ɘz//
- India//ɪz//
- India//ɪdʒ//
- India//ɪs//
Used in phrases with existential there (also here and where) when the semantic subject is plural.
verb
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Used in phrases with existential there (also here and where) when the semantic subject is plural.
There is three of them there.
Ber. There is five in the firſt ſhew, / Ken. You are deceiued, tis not so.
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Also a form of bethird-person singular simple present indicative of be
He is a doctor.
"It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is."
"It's not two weeks yet," I reminded her, hoping that might somehow cheer her. […] "Tomorrow is two weeks," Ruth said in a distant voice, staring into the flames.
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Also a form of bepresent indicative of be; am, are, is.
Let the whole world know we's on some off-key tip
"Them niggas shot my girl, yo! And I ain't gonna sleep until all of them niggas is dead!" RJ hissed.
"Y'all is some disorganized niggahs," Mama Byrd said.
Who the fuck do you think I is? / You ain't married to no average bitch, boy
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Germanic *isti Proto-West Germanic *ist Old English is Middle English is English is From Middle English is, from Old English is, from Proto-West Germanic *ist, from Proto-Germanic *isti (a form of Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti (“is”). Cognate with West Frisian is (“is”), Dutch is (“is”), German ist (“is”), Yiddish איז (iz, “is”), Afrikaans is (“am, are, is”) Old Swedish är, er, Old Norse er, es. Further cognates include, among others, Latin est, Ancient Greek ἐστί (estí), Sanskrit अस्ति (asti), Persian است (ast), Russian есть (jestʹ), all with the same meaning.
pronoun
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Variant of usAlternative spelling of us (“me”).
Etymology
Alternative pronunciation of us.
noun
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Variant of i'srareAlternative form of i's.
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
is · Used in phrases with existential there (also here and where) when the semantic subject is plural.
Isa · A diminutive of the female given name Isabel or of its…Isaac · The son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob, from…isabel · Synonym of isabella.