fócas

See also: focas

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English focus, from Latin focus.

Noun

fócas m (genitive singular fócais, nominative plural fócais)

focus

Declension

Declension of fócas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fócas	fócais
Vocative	a fhócais	a fhócasa
Genitive	fócais	fócas
Dative	fócas	fócais

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fócas	na fócais
Genitive	an fhócais	na bhfócas
Dative	leis an bhfócas don fhócas	leis na fócais

Derived terms

as fócas (“out of focus”)
doimhneacht fócais (“depth of focus”)
fócasach (“focal”, adjective)
fócasaigh (“focus”, verb)
fócas bog (“soft focus”)
fócas crua (“hard focus”)
fócasghrúpa, grúpa fócais (“focus group”)
i bhfócas (“in focus”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fócas	fhócas	bhfócas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"fócas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“focus” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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