ynsee

Manx

Etymology 1

From Old Irish in·saigim, from in- + saigid (“go towards, seek, attain”), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂gyeti (“to seek out, to track”). Cognate with Irish ionsaigh (“advance upon, attack, reach, attain”) and Scottish Gaelic ionnsaich (“learn, instruct, educate”).

Verb

ynsee (past dynsee, future independent ynsee, verbal noun ynsaghey, present participle gynsaghey, past participle ynsit)

  1. instruct, educate, teach, tutor, train
  2. learn
  3. master

Etymology 2

Noun

ynsee m

  1. genitive singular of ynsagh

Adjective

ynsee

  1. informative, educational
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