ocus
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *onkus-tus, from Proto-Celtic *onkus (“near”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ocus (comparative oicsiu, superlative oicsi)
- 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. 138a2, 3
- écndairc cian ... ecṅdairc ocus
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (gl. personae absenti vel quasi absenti; lit. "absent near", i.e. though present regarded as absent)
- 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. 138a2, 3
- 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. 9c32
- is acus a coibdelag
- near is their kinship
- The Martyrology of Óengus the Culdee
- is ocus ar cundu
- close is our friendship
- 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. 9c32
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
Synonyms
- ⁊ (symbol)
Descendants
Noun
ocus m (genitive oicse, nominative plural oicsi)
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