is

conj. And. [‡ Seemingly an idiomatic use of is, is — consider the idiom, nì e sin is mise an-seo, he will do it and I here (lit. he will do it, I am here). It is usually regarded as an abbreviation of agus, hence the forms a's and 'us. Is, according to Windisch, is not an abbreviation of agus. Et was the word originally (from Latin) brought into use as a monosyllabic copulative for the use of the bards. The old monks wrote it el and it gradually slipped into the form ⁊, still retained in printed Irish Gaelic. It is pronounced like English iss. See note under agus].

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