# inse
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* innse (superseded)

### Pronunciation

* (Kerry, Galway) IPA: /ˈiːnʲʃə/, [ˈiːnʲʃɪ]
* (Mayo, Ulster) IPA: /ˈin̠ʲʃə/

### Etymology 1

From Middle English henge.

#### Noun

inse m (genitive singular inse, nominative plural insí)
* hinge

##### Declension

bare forms
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)
* inch, holm, water-meadow

##### Declension

bare forms
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)
* Alternative form of insint (“telling”)

##### Declension

bare forms
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
* genitive singular of inis (“island”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, § 27 (c), page 36
* ↑ Stockman, Gerard (1974) The Irish of Achill, Co. Mayo (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 2), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, section 59, page 6
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 109, page 43

### 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
* question

## Old Irish
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈin͈sɘ]

#### Adjective

inse
* 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$^b$28
    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 | inse | inse |
| Accusative | inse | insi | inse |
| Genitive | insi | inse | insi |
| Dative | insu | insi | insu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | Feminine/neuter |
| Nominative | insi | insi | insi |
| Vocative | insi insu* | insi | insi |
| Accusative | insi insu* | insi | insi |
| Genitive | inse | inse | inse |
| Dative | insib | insib | insib |
| Notes | * when substantivized | * when substantivized | * when substantivized |

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈin͈ʲsʲe]

#### Noun

inse
* genitive singular/dual/plural of inis

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Swedish
### Etymology

in- +‎ se

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²ɪnseː/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

inse (present inser, preterite insåg, supine insett, imperative inse)
* to realize; to become aware of

#### Related terms

* insikt
* insyn

#### See also

* komma på
* inblick

### Anagrams

* isen