inse

See also: in sé

Irish

Alternative forms

• innse (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnʲʃə/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn̠ʲʃə/

Etymology 1

From Middle English henge.

Noun

inse m (genitive singular inse, nominative plural insí)

1. hinge

Declension

Declension of inse

Fourth declension

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

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an t-inse Genitive an inse Dative leis an inse don inse

Alternative forms

• hinse

Derived terms

• ar insí (“on hinges, hinged”)

Etymology 2

Noun

inse f (genitive singular inse, nominative plural insí or inseacha)

1. inch, holm, water-meadow

Declension

Declension of inse

Fourth declension

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

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an inse Genitive na hinse Dative leis an inse don inse

• Alternative plural form: inseacha

Derived terms

• inseachas
• insí cnoc (“grassy places (along streams, etc.) in hills”)

Etymology 3

Noun

inse f (genitive singular inse)

1. Alternative form of insint (“relation, narration, utterance; version”)

Declension

Declension of inse

Fourth declension

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

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an inse Genitive na hinse Dative leis an inse don inse

Etymology 4

Noun

inse f sg

1. genitive singular of inis (“island”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “inse”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “inse”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “inse”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Matigsalug Manobo

Noun

insè

1. question

Old Irish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈin͈sɘ]

Adjective

inse

1. Alternative form of anse (“difficult, impossible”)
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 5^b28

     is inse ṅduit; ní tú nod·n-ail, acht is hé not·ail.

     it is impossible for you sg; it is not you that nourish it, but it that nourishes you

Declension

io/iā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	inse	inse	inse
Vocative	insi
Accusative	inse	insi
Genitive	insi	inse	insi
Dative	insu	insi	insu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	insi	insi
Vocative	insi insu*
Accusative	insi insu*
Genitive	inse
Dative	insib
Notes	* when substantivized

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈin͈ʲsʲe]

Noun

inse

1. genitive singular/dual/plural of inis

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
inse (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-inse
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Swedish

Etymology

in- +‎ se

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɪnseː/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

inse (present inser, preterite insåg, supine insett, imperative inse)

1. to realize; to become aware of

Conjugation

Conjugation of inse (class 5 strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	inse		inses
Supine	insett		insetts
Imperative	inse		—
Imper. plural1	insen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	inser	insåg	inses	insågs
Ind. plural1	inse	insågo	inses	insågos
Subjunctive2	inse	insåge	inses	insåges
	Participles
Present participle	inseende
Past participle	insedd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• insikt
• insyn

See also

• komma på
• inblick

Anagrams

• isen