ocus

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• acus

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *onkus-tus, from Proto-Celtic *onkus (“near”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoɡəs/

Adjective

ocus (comparative oicsiu, superlative oicsi)

1. near
   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 138^a2, 3

     écndairc cian ... ecṅdairc ocus

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     (gl. personae absenti vel quasi absenti; lit. "absent near", i.e. though present regarded as absent)

2. close (of a relationship)
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 9^c32

     is acus a coibdelag

     near is their kinship

   • The Martyrology of Óengus the Culdee

     is ocus ar cundu

     close is our friendship

Usage notes

Often followed by preposition do.

Inflection

u-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ocus	ocus	ocus
Vocative	ocus
Accusative	ocus	ocuis
Genitive	ocuis	oicse	ocuis
Dative	ocus	ocuis	ocus
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	oicsi	oicsi
Vocative	oicsi
Accusative	oicsi
Genitive	*
Dative	oicsib
Notes	*not attested in Old Irish; same as nominative singular masculine in Middle Irish

Descendants

• Middle Irish: focus

Conjunction

ocus

1. and

Synonyms

• ⁊ (symbol)

Descendants

• Irish: agus
• Manx: as
• Scottish Gaelic: agus

Noun

ocus m (genitive oicse, nominative plural oicsi)

1. nearness, proximity
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 23^b41

     imb i céin fa i n-accus beo-sa

     whether I be far or near

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ocus, acus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ocus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language