íosphá

Irish

Etymology

íos- (“least, minimal, minimum”) +‎ pá (“pay”)

Noun

íosphá m (genitive singular íosphá)

1. minimum wage
   • NERA - National Employment Rights Authority, Scrúdú Sláinte Fostaíocht

     Tá roinnt eisceachtaí, áfach, don íosphá, maidir leo siúd atá fostaithe ag garghaolta, iad siúd faoi 18 bliain d’aois agus daoine faoi oiliúint nó printísigh.

     There are some exceptions, however, to the minimum wage, including those employed by close relatives, those aged under 18 and trainees or apprentices.

   • 1 March 2011, Gaelport.com, Trátaí na Spáinne agus íosphá an oibrí a shaothraíonn

     Go minic bíonn pá na n-oibrithe níos lú ná leath den íosphá atá leagtha síos de réir dlí.

     The workers' pay is often less than half of the minimum wage set by law.

   • 1 July 2011, Citizens Information, Cás-Staidéar: íosphá

     Níor chóir go gcuimseofaí an táille €20 as ucht oibriú Dé Sathairn do chuspóirí an íosphá náisiúnta.
     The €20 premium for working on Saturdays should not be included for national minimum wage purposes.

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Declension

Declension of íosphá

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative íosphá Vocative a íosphá Genitive íosphá Dative íosphá

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an t-íosphá Genitive an íosphá Dative leis an íosphá don íosphá

Synonyms

• pá íosta

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
íosphá	n-íosphá	híosphá	t-íosphá
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• focal.ie - Dictionary of Irish Terms - Foclóir Téarmaíochta