is-
is- (except before sish-,class I second-person singular)
| class I | class II | class III | class N | imperative | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +s | +C | +V | +C/i | +a/o | +C | +V | +C | +V | +C | +V | |||
| first-person | singular | initial | -li | sa- | si- | a̱- | am- | ak- | n/a | ||||
| medial | -sa- | -sam- | |||||||||||
| paucal | ī- | il- | pi- | pi̱- | pim- | kī- | kil- | ||||||
| plural | hapi- | hapi̱- | hapim- | ||||||||||
| second-person | singular | is- | ish- | chi- | chi̱- | chim- | chik- | ∅ | |||||
| plural | has- | hash- | hachi- | hachi̱- | hachim- | hachik- | ho- | oh- | |||||
| third-person | ∅ | ∅ | i̱- | im- | ik- | ||||||||
is-
is-
Seeis. Cognate withCornishis-.
is-
Triggers thesoft mutation on the noun following.
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| is- | unchanged | unchanged | his- |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “is-”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies