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

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

Forms with the definite article: Case 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

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ioncam”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “income”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024