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Webster 1913 Edition

Focal

Fo′cal

Adj.

[Cf. F.

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Focus

Belonging to,or concerning, a focus; as, a focal point.

Focal distance, or length, of a lens or mirror

(Opt.)

the distance of the focus from the surface of the lens or mirror, or more exactly, in the case of a lens, from its optical center.

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Focal distance of a telescope

the distance of the image of an object from the object glass.

Webster 1828 Edition

Focal

FO'CAL

Adj.

[from L. focus.] Belonging to a focus; as a focal point; focal distance.

Definition 2024

focal

English

Adjective

focal ‎(not comparable)

Belonging to, concerning, or located at a focus
(medicine) limited to a small area

Derived terms

Translations

belonging to or concerning a focus

Catalan: focal
Finnish: polttopiste-
German: fokal (de)

Italian: focale
Russian: фокусный (ru) ‎(fokusnyj)
Spanish: focal (es)

(medicine) limited to a small area

French: focal (fr)
Italian: focale

Portuguese: focal
Russian: очаговый (ru) ‎(očagovyj)
Spanish: focal (es)

French

Etymology

From New Latin focālis.

Adjective

focal m ‎(feminine singular focale, masculine plural focaux, feminine plural focales)

focal

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish focul, from Proto-Celtic *woxtlom, from Proto-Indo-European *wokʷtlom, from *wekʷ-.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɔkəlˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠʌkəlˠ/

Noun

focal m ‎(genitive singular focail, nominative plural focail)

word
Ní raibh focal ag Peadar.‎
Peter had nothing to say for himself.
1. phrase, remark, observation, saying
  Is fearr focal sa chúirt ná punt sa sparán.‎ ― A friend in court is better than a pound in the purse. —Proverb
2. intelligence, message
3. order
4. promise, assurance

Declension

Declension of focal

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	focal	focail
Vocative	a fhocail	a fhocala
Genitive	focail	focal
Dative	focal	focail

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an focal	na focail
Genitive	an fhocail	na bhfocal
Dative	leis an bhfocal don fhocal	leis na focail

Alternative plural: focla (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

Terms derived from focal

ainmfhocal m ‎(“noun”)
anfhocal m ‎(“unsavoury expression; misrepresentation”)
an focal deiridh m ‎(“the last word”)
baothfhocal m ‎(“silly word or statement”)
beagfhoclach ‎(“sparing of words; reserved”)
buafhocal m ‎(“epithet; punch-line”)
casfhocal m ‎(“difficult word, tongue-twister”)
ceannfhocal m ‎(“head-word”)
cnuasfhocal m ‎(“collective noun”)
códfhocal m ‎(“code word”)
comhfhocal m ‎(“compound word”)
comhfhoclacht f ‎(“play on words, punning”)
corrfhocal m ‎(“odd word”)
crosfhocal m ‎(“crossword”)
dánfhocal m ‎(“epigram”) (in syllabic verse)
dea-fhocal m ‎(“good, charitable, word”)

dordfhocal m ‎(“buzzword”)
dubhfhocal m ‎(“riddle, conundrum, enigma”)
eagarfhocal m ‎(“editorial”)
focal ar fhocal ‎(“word for word”)
focalbhá m ‎(“ellipsis”)
focal faire m ‎(“watchword; forewarning”)
focal grinn m ‎(“humorous remark”)
focal le cois m ‎(“expletive”)
focal sa chúirt m ‎(“word in court”)
focal scoir m ‎(“clincher”)
foclach ‎(“wordy, verbose”, adjective)
focleolaí m ‎(“philologist”)
focleolaíoch ‎(“philological”, adjective)
focleolaíocht f ‎(“philology”)
foclóir m ‎(“dictionary”)
géarfhoclach ‎(“sharply worded; sharp-tongued”, adjective)

gnáthfhocal m ‎(“ordinary word or expression”)
grodfhoclach ‎(“quick-spoken, hasty of speech”, adjective)
iarfhocal m ‎(“epilogue”)
imeartas focal m ‎(“pun”)
leathfhocal m ‎(“half-expressed statement, hint; catchword, cant phrase”)
mórfhoclach ‎(“magniloquent, high-sounding, oratorical; bombastic, boastful”, adjective)
mórfhoclacht f ‎(“magniloquence, bombast, boastfulness”)
nuafhocal m ‎(“new-(coined) word, neologism”)
réamhfhocal m ‎(“preposition”)
sciorradh focail m, titim focail m ‎(“slip of the tongue”)
sciorrfhocal m ‎(“slip of the tongue”)
seachfhocal m ‎(“aside”)
seanfhocal m ‎(“old saying, proverb”)
slamfhocal m ‎(“vulgar expression”)
teannfhocal m ‎(“strong, arrogant, word; strong assertion”)
treoirfhocal m ‎(“catchword”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
focal	fhocal	bhfocal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

↑ Stüber, Karin (1998). The Historical Morphology of n-Stems in Celtic. Maynooth: Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, page 70. ISBN 0-901519-54-5.

"focal" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“focal, focull” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Portuguese

Etymology

From New Latin focālis.

Adjective

focal m, f ‎(plural focais, comparable)

(optics) focal (relating to foci)
(medicine) focal (limited to a small area)

Related terms

foco

Spanish

Etymology

From New Latin focālis.

Adjective

focal m, f ‎(plural focales)

focal

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