ocus

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• acus

Etymology

From Old Irish ocus, see there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (earlier) /ˈoɡus/, (later) /ˈoɡəs/

Conjunction

ocus (abbreviated ⁊)

1. and

Descendants

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

Adverb

ocus

1. also

Quotations

• c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:

  I n‑oen uair dana tancatar ocus techta Conchobair mic Nessa do chungid in chon chetna.

  At the same time, then, messengers came also from Conchobar Mac Nessa to ask for the same dog.

Mutation

Mutation of ocus

radical	lenition	nasalization
ocus (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-ocus

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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