n perhaps originally fochlocon, gen. of fochloc (-lucc), and the form in -án a later development. Cf.
the d
s. -ain below.
I = fochloc:
fochlocon .i. nomen graid
filead,
Thr. Ir. Gl. 20
=
fochloc,
Corm. Y 587
.
lógh n-enech
fochlagan, ┐ boaireach,
Ériu xiii 33.4
.
aen set gabla diri
fochlaccain,
Laws v 58.16
. in fochlacan filead, samaisc a
eneclann ┐ samaisc a logidheacht a aisdi, ib.
26 Comm
.
dís dano dāmh fochlacáin for tuaith,
Corm. Y 587
.
in da
[ = ina ?] daim do fochlocain (: sin),
Auraic. 2252
.
ō ollomain
co fochlogain (: focail),
ZCP ix 172.10
. samaisc [sic leg.]
don [ḟ]ochlogain (: cain) ib.
7
. díana fochlocán (foclacan B)
IT iii 31.15
. Cf.
fior ḟochlagán,
Ériu xiii 22.28
.
II A young
boy, a schoolboy: ar na bhreith do bhí an macámh | ag
fás mar gach bhfochlacán, GF,
DDána 37 § 7
.