Is (?), v. i. [AS. is; akin to
G. & Goth. ist, L. est, Gr. &?;, Skr. asti. √9. Cf. Am, Entity, Essence, Absent.]
The third person singular of the substantive verb be, in the indicative mood, present tense; as, he is;
he is a
man. See Be.
&fist; In some varieties of the Northern dialect of Old English, is was used for all persons of the singular.
For thy is I come, and eke Alain.
Chaucer. Aye is thou merry.
Chaucer. &fist; The idiom of using the present for future events sure to happen is a relic of Old
English in which the present and future had the same form; as, this
year Christmas is on Friday.
To-morrow is the new moon.
1 Sam. xx.
5.
Is- (?). See Iso-.
Hear it pronounced