Old Irish

Alternative forms

• acus

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

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

     (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

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Irish: focus

Conjunction

ocus

1. and

Descendants

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

Synonyms

• ⁊ (symbol)

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

• “1 ocus, acus” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “2 ocus” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.