fócas

See also: focas

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English focus, from Latin focus.

Noun

fócas m (genitive singular fócais, nominative plural fócais)

1. focus

Declension

Declension of fócas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fócas fócais vocative a fhócais a fhócasa genitive fócais fócas dative fócas fócais forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fócas na fócais genitive an fhócais na bhfócas dative leis an bhfócas don fhócas leis na fócais

Derived terms

• as fócas (“out of focus”)
• doimhneacht fócais (“depth of focus”)
• fócas bog (“soft focus”)
• fócas crua (“hard focus”)
• fócasach (“focal”, adjective)
• fócasaigh (“focus”, verb)
• fócasghrúpa, grúpa fócais (“focus group”)
• i bhfócas (“in focus”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of fócas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fócas	fhócas	bhfócas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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