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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fócas fhócas bhfócas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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
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