adj. and subst. u-st.,
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. ii 116
,
Thurn. Hdb. § 838
;
cognate with prep. oc, cf. W. agos. In Wb. always ac(c)us. In
Mid.Ir. commonly with prosthetic f, focus, facus, mod. fogus;
ocus .i. focus,
O'Dav. 1330.
In forms in which the second
vowel drops out before an inflection, the stem is treated as
palatal: g
s
f. oicse, n
p. oicsi; compar. oicsiu;
foicsiu,
TBC-LL¹ 3607
(but
facsiu,
3699
). In later lang. -cs-(-gs-) somet. > -sc-
(-sg-) by metathesis: bean ḟagas (ḟogas), g
s.
na mná faigsi ┐
faisge,
IGT Dec. § 127.
compar.
foisgi,
ex. 1216
.
faisge,
ex.
1905
(but
foigsi,
1906
). See
GOI § 373
and 1 nes(s)a.
I As adj.
near
, oft. folld. by DO.
(a) in local sense:
écndairc
cian . . . ecṅdairc ocus,
Sg. 138a2
,
3
(gl. personae absenti vel
quasi absenti; lit. absent near, i.e. though present regarded as
absent).
ho etartetarcur cián . . . ho etartetarcur ocus,
Ml.
88d13
. Dia fírocus (i. quia est deus ubíque ┐ prope omnibus),
LU 518
,
520
(
ACC 5
). oicsi du imaechtur talman (gl. prope in
ultimo terrae sitae),
Ml. 78c2
. indat facsi don purt? are they
near the shore?
LU 1873
(
RC x 10.15
).
as fogus doibh ata dun
na hingine,
Ériu iii 166.6
.
cricha ciana ┐ foicsi,
Marco P. 28.
a n-is dech foruair do ṡaeruibh faicsi ┐ nemhfhaicsi,
17
.
Of proximity in time, etc.: sechmadachta n-ocus ┐ cían (a
preterite expressing a recent or a long past event),
Thes. ii 229.
26
(
PCr. 62b1
).
ropo accus bás do,
Wb. 23d12
.
foccus doibh
ecc is ifrionn,
BNnÉ 261.26
.
is fogus béul an amadáin
d'aidhmhilleadh,
Proverbs x 14.
éagcóir comhmaoidheamh
Chairbre; dob ḟogus duit a chairde `it was easy for you to leave
him out',
Content. ii 29.
tabhair mar do radais reimhe |
cabhair bhfagais eile ann `grant me ready protection',
Dán Dé
iii 22
. Compar. is foicsiu lind don ág in t-imrubad . . . andā
dond (leg. ind) imburgun we deem spear-thrusting nearer
slaughter (i.e. a decisive issue) than missile-hurling,
TBC-LL¹ 3607.
(with DE)
combad ḟacsiti . . . na hairigthi bíd ┐ lenna doib,
400
.
Superl.
isan gcrích ba foicsi dhó,
Keat. i 68.36
. an ceathram-
hadh fear dob fhoigse don rígh the fourth nearest man to the
king,
ii 4821
.
As adv.:
glassi . . . brunnid . . . facus d'Albine,
Fianaig.
50.7
.
cara sheasas ní is foigse ná dearbhráthair,
Proverbs xviii 24.
an t-úghdar is foigse thig don áireamh so who comes nearest
this reckoning,
Keat. i 88 y
.
an mend . . . nach leanann go
fagas acht a bhfad,
Luc. Fid. 337.20
.
(b)
fig. of kinship, etc.: is acus a coibdelag near is their
kinship,
Wb. 9c32
. is ocus ar cundu close is our friendship,
Fél. Ep. 230.
ba focus a fhialus a ṅdís .i. Eoin ┐ Hiruath,
PH
862
. is brathair focus dam-sa he a near kinsman,
ZCP iv
383.11
.
ni foigse Conn . . . d'aoinḟear oile ná d'Eoghan,
TD
26.47
.
ni faicsiu ar cairdeas dō inas in fer ro marb,
Anecd.
i 2.8
.
an ḟuil as ḟoisgi d'ḟuil Muire,
IGT Dec. ex. 1216.
do
chroidhe . . . fa aigse 'n-a fheoil is d'fhuil . . . dod bhráthair,
Dán Dé xi 13.
II As subst.
nearness, proximity
; only with prep. i n-, folld.
by gen. or prep.: imb i céin fa i n-accus beo-sa whether I be far
or near,
Wb. 23b41
.
i céin ocus acus,
Fél. Ep. 110
(ocus, occus,
a foccus v.l.).
i focus, i céin,
Ériu iii 14 § 6.
i n-occus don
dúnud,
LU 5272
=
ind ocus,
TBC-LL¹ 796.
hi cíanfocus on tig
at a considerable distance from the house,
BDD 67.
is a ḟocus
na hecalsa sin ata adnocul Lazarais,
LB 158b56
. nat fetur
ecc a facus that I know not that death is nigh,
ZCP vii 498.18
.
deiredh a bhethadh do beith ina fhoccus,
BNnÉ 264.8
.