inc

See also: Inc, inč, inç, inc., Inc., and INC

Translingual

Symbol

inc

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Indo-Aryan languages.

English

Adjective

inc

1. (chiefly Canada, US) Alternative spelling of Inc
2. (Internet, text messaging) Abbreviation of incoming.

Noun

inc

1. (programming) Abbreviation of increment.

Verb

inc

1. (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

• -cin, CIN, ICN, NCI, NIC, Nic, nic

Middle English

Alternative forms

• gunc, ȝinc, ȝing, ȝunk, ȝung, hinc, hunke, ink

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ink/, /unk/, /jink/, /junk/

Pronoun

inc (nominative ȝit)

1. Second-person dual accusative pronoun: you twain, the two of you.
2. (reflexive) your (two) selves.

See also

Middle English personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive	possessive
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

• “ink, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 May 2018.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ink/, [iŋk]

Pronoun

inc

1. accusative/dative of ġit: you

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• ince

Etymology

Borrowed from English ink.

Noun

inc m or f (genitive singular ince, plural incean)

1. ink

Synonyms

• dubh

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “inc”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English ink.

Noun

inc m (plural inciau)

1. ink

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
inc	unchanged	unchanged	hinc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• 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