inc
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[edit]Symbol
[edit]inc
English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]inc
- (chiefly Canada, US) Alternative spelling of Inc
- (Internet, text messaging) Abbreviation of incoming.
Noun
[edit]inc
- (programming) Abbreviation of increment.
Verb
[edit]inc
- (knitting) Abbreviation of increase.
- 2011, Barb Brown, Knitting Knee-Highs: Sock Styles from Classic to Contemporary, page 55:
- Change to larger needles and knit 1 rnd in CC, inc 3 (4, 5) sts evenly […]
Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English inc, dative form of ġit, from Proto-Germanic *inkwiz, dative form of *jut. Initial /j/ is due to the influence of ȝit.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]inc (nominative ȝit)
See also
[edit]Middle English personal pronouns
nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | possessive | |||
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singular | 1st-person | I, ich, ik | me | min mi1 |
min | ||
2nd-person | þou | þe | þin þi1 |
þin | |||
3rd-person | m | he | him hine2 |
him | his | his hisen | |
f | sche, heo | hire heo |
hire | hire hires, hiren | |||
n | hit | hit him2 |
his, hit | — | |||
dual3 | 1st-person | wit | unk | unker | |||
2nd-person | ȝit | inc | inker | ||||
plural | 1st-person | we | us, ous | oure | oure oures, ouren | ||
2nd-person4 | ye | yow | your | your youres, youren | |||
3rd-person | inh. | he | hem he2 |
hem | here | here heres, heren | |
bor. | þei | þem, þeim | þeir | þeir þeires, þeiren |
1Used preconsonantally or before h.
2Early or dialectal.
3Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
4Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
References
[edit]- “ink, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 May 2018.
Old English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]inc
- accusative/dative of ġit: you
Descendants
[edit]- Middle English: inc
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]inc m or f (genitive singular ince, plural incean)
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- Edward Dwelly (1911) “inc”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]inc m (plural inciau)
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
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inc | unchanged | unchanged | hinc |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “inc”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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