# inc
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

## English
### Adjective

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

### Noun

inc
* (programming) Abbreviation of increment.

### Verb

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

* -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: /ink/, /unk/, /jink/, /junk/

### Pronoun

inc (nominative ȝit)
* Second-person dual accusative pronoun: you twain, the two of you.
* (reflexive) your (two) selves.

#### See also

| | | | nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | possessive |
| singular | 1st-person | 1st-person | I, ich, ik | me | me | min mi$^1$ | min |
| singular | 2nd-person | 2nd-person | þou | þe | þe | þin þi$^1$ | þin |
| singular | 3rd-person | m | he | him hine$^2$ | him | his | his hisen |
| singular | 3rd-person | f | sche, heo | hire heo | hire | hire | hire hires, hiren |
| singular | 3rd-person | n | hit | hit | hit him$^2$ | his, hit | — |
| dual$^3$ | 1st-person | 1st-person | wit | unk | unk | unker | unker |
| dual$^3$ | 2nd-person | 2nd-person | ȝit | inc | inc | inker | inker |
| plural | 1st-person | 1st-person | we | us, ous | us, ous | oure | oure oures, ouren |
| plural | 2nd-person$^4$ | 2nd-person$^4$ | ye | yow | yow | your | your youres, youren |
| plural | 3rd-person | inh. | he | hem he$^2$ | hem | here | here heres, heren |
| plural | 3rd-person | bor. | þei | þem, þeim | þem, þeim | þeir | þeir þeires, þeiren |
$^1$Used preconsonantally or before h. $^2$Early or dialectal. $^3$Dual 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. $^4$Sometimes 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: /ink/, [iŋk]

### Pronoun

inc
* accusative/dative of ġit: you

#### Descendants

* Middle English: inc

## Scottish Gaelic
### Alternative forms

* ince

### Etymology

Borrowed from English ink.

### Noun

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

### 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