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Isis vs Iwis - What's the difference?

isis | iwis |

As a proper noun isis

is a sunni jihadist group active in iraq and syria, where it has proclaimed an (unrecognized) state.

As an adverb iwis is

certainly, surely, indeed.

isis

English

(wikipedia Isis)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, worshiped as the ideal mother and wife and as the matron of nature and magic.
  • (UK, Oxford) The River Thames.
  • (astronomy) Short for , a main belt asteroid.
  • (rare) (female)
  • * 1924 , Zora Neale Hurston, Drenched in Light :
  • Isis had crawled under the center table with its red plush cover with little round balls for fringe.
  • * 1995 , Iain Banks, Whit :
  • 'Beloved Isis ,' Elias grinned, 'would you kindly cast some light into the poor occluded mind of our brother here on the matter of the co-essential nature of the body and the soul?'

    Etymology 2

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
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    iwis

    English

    Alternative forms

    * ywis * iwys

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Certainly, surely, indeed.
  • *, Bk.V:
  • *:Thou art welcome iwys , for thou sekyst aftir sorow!
  • *1842 , Thomas Macaulay, Horatius :
  • *:Iwis , in all the Senate / There was no heart so bold.
  • *1890 , James Russell Lowell, Poetical Works :
  • *:God vanished long ago, iwis , A mere subjective synthesis