íoc

See also: ioc, IOC, IoC, and ìoc

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish íccaid (to pay; to heal), from the noun ícc, from Proto-Celtic *īkkā.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

íoc (present analytic íocann, future analytic íocfaidh, verbal noun íoc, past participle íoctha) (ambitransitive)

  1. pay (+ as (for))
  2. requite, atone
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • an píobaire a íoc (to pay the piper)
  • íocaí
  • íocóir

Noun

íoc m or f (genitive singular íoca, nominative plural íocaí)

  1. verbal noun of íoc
  2. payment
  3. wage, pay, earnings, salary
  4. charge, rate, fee, tax
  5. requital, atonement
Declension
Declension of íoc (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative íoc íocaí
vocative a íoc a íocaí
genitive íoca íocaí
dative íoc íocaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-íoc na híocaí
genitive an íoca na n-íocaí
dative leis an íoc
don íoc
leis na híocaí

Etymology 2

From the same source as etymology 1.

Verb

íoc (present analytic íocann, future analytic íocfaidh, verbal noun íoc, past participle íoctha) (ambitransitive)

  1. heal, cure, remedy
  2. (literary) save, redeem
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • íoclann
  • íocleasaigh
  • íocluibh
  • íocshláinte

Noun

íoc f (genitive singular íce, nominative plural íoca)

  1. verbal noun of íoc
  2. healing, cure, remedy
  3. (literary) salvation, redemption
Declension
Declension of íoc (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative íoc íoca
vocative a íoc a íoca
genitive íce íoc
dative íoc íoca
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an íoc na híoca
genitive na híce na n-íoc
dative leis an íoc
don íoc
leis na híoca

Mutation

Mutated forms of íoc
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
íoc n-íoc híoc t-íoc

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 íccaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 144
  3. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 322, page 156
  4. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 199 (i), page 46
  5. ^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt [Pronunciation of Northern Irish]‎[1] (in Irish), Béal Feirste [Belfast]: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], section 97, page 42

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “íoc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • pay”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025