focul

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• foccul

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

Once thought to be a loanword from Latin vocābulum (“appellation, designation”), but more likely a native word from Proto-Celtic *woxtlom (compare Welsh gwaethl (“argument”)), from Proto-Indo-European *wokʷtlom (compare Sanskrit वक्त्र (vaktrá, “mouth”)), from *wekʷ- (“to speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfokul/

Noun

focul n or m

1. word

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	foculN	foculN	foculL, focula
Vocative	foculN	foculN	foculL, focula
Accusative	foculN	foculN	foculL, focula
Genitive	focuilL	focul	foculN
Dative	foculL	foculaib	foculaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: focal
• Manx: fockle
• Scottish Gaelic: facal

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
focul	ḟocul	focul pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Romanian

Noun

focul n

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of foc