isch

See also: Isch, ìsch, and -isch

Alemannic German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German īs, from Old High German īs, from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-. Compare German Eis, Dutch ijs, English ice, Swedish is.

Noun

isch

1. (Gressoney, Rimella and Campello Monti, Formazza) ice

Alternative forms

• Iis, Is, Isch, éisch

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Etymology 2

From Middle High German ist, from Old High German ist, from Proto-West Germanic *ist, from Proto-Germanic *isti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti. Cognate with German ist, Dutch is, West Frisian is, English is, Yiddish איז (iz).

Verb

isch

2. third-person singular present of sii

Alternative forms

• ìsch (Alsatian)

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.

Middle Scots

Alternative forms

• ische, usch, iss

Etymology

From Middle English yssh/issh.

Verb

isch

1. (intransitive) to go or come out; go forth
2. (frequentative) to sally out, make a sally or sortie (said of a beleaguered force, one lying in ambush, etc.)
3. (often figurative) to issue, flow out, pour out
4. to proceed as issue; to be born
5. (transitive) to clear (a room, building, etc.) of occupants by causing them to go out

Conjugation

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• esch (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)
• üsch (Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin ostium.

Noun

isch m (plural ischs)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran) door