íoc

See also: ioc, IOC, IoC, and ìoc

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish íccaid (to pay; to heal), from the noun ícc, from Proto-Celtic *īkkā.[5]

Verb

  • íoc (present analytic íocann, future analytic íocfaidh, verbal noun íoc, past participle íoctha) (ambitransitive)
    1. pay [with 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
    íc (archaic, dialectal)
    íoca
    forms with the definite article
    singular plural
    nominative an íoc na híoca
    genitive na híce na n-íoc
    dative leis an íoc
    leis an íc (archaic, dialectal)
    don íoc
    don íc (archaic, dialectal)
    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. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 144
    2. ^ 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
    3. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968), The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 199 (i), page 46
    4. ^ 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
    5. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 íccaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

    Further reading

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