ioncam

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English income.

Noun

ioncam m (genitive singular ioncaim)

  1. income
  2. source of income
  3. support, backing

Declension

Declension of ioncam (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative ioncam
vocative a ioncaim
genitive ioncaim
dative ioncam
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-ioncam
genitive an ioncaim
dative leis an ioncam
don ioncam

Derived terms

  • cáin ioncaim (income-tax)
  • faisnéis ioncaim (return of income)
  • ioncam an stáit (the public revenue)
  • ioncam neamhthuillte (unearned income)
  • ioncam seasta (fixed income)
  • íosioncam, ioncam íosta (minimum income)
  • liúntas tacaíocht ioncaim (income support) (money paid)
  • tacaíocht ioncaim (income support) (system)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ioncam
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ioncam n-ioncam hioncam not applicable

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

Further reading

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