# фокус
## Bulgarian
### Etymology 1

Scientific term from Latin focus.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfɔkos]

#### Noun

фо́кус • (fókus) m (relational adjective фо́кусен)
* (optics, trigonometry) focus

##### Derived terms

* фокуси́рам (fokusíram, “to focalize”)

#### References

* “фокус¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “фокус¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

### Etymology 2

From a popular "spell" фо́кус-мо́кус (fókus-mókus, “hocus-pocus”) that illusionists say before performing the final surprise of their trick routine.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfɔkos]

#### Noun

фо́кус • (fókus) m (relational adjective фо́кусен)
* magical trick, illusion
    Synonyms: вълше́бство (vǎlšébstvo), илю́зия (iljúzija), трик (trik)

##### Derived terms

* фо́кусник m (fókusnik), фо́кусница f (fókusnica, “magician, illusionist”)

#### References

* “фокус²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “фокус²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfɔkus]

### Noun

фокус • (fokus) m (relational adjective фокален)
* focus

#### Declension
## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfokʊs]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

фо́кус • (fókus) m inan (genitive фо́куса, nominative plural фо́кусы, genitive plural фо́кусов)
* hocus-pocus, trick, sleight of hand
* freak, whim
* focus (in optics)

#### Synonyms

* трюк (trjuk)
* центр (centr), средото́чие (sredotóčije)

#### Related terms

* фо́кусник (fókusnik), фокусиро́вка (fokusiróvka), фокуси́рование (fokusírovanije)
* фо́кусный (fókusnyj), фокальный (fokalʹnyj), сфокусированный (sfokusirovannyj), расфокусированный (rasfokusirovannyj)
* фо́кусничать (fókusničatʹ), фокусировать (fokusirovatʹ), фокусироваться (fokusirovatʹsja), сфокусировать (sfokusirovatʹ), сфокусироваться (sfokusirovatʹsja)
* фокально (fokalʹno)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fǒːkus/
* Hyphenation: фо‧кус

### Noun

фо́кус m (Latin spelling fókus)
* focus

#### Declension
## Ukrainian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfɔkʊs]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Fokus, from Latin focus.

#### Noun

фо́кус • (fókus) m inan (genitive фо́куса, nominative plural фо́куси, genitive plural фо́кусів, relational adjective фо́кусний or фока́льний)
* (optics) focus, focal point
* (photography, cinematography) focus
* (geometry) focus
* (seismology) focus
    Synonym: гіпоце́нтр m (hipocéntr)
* (figuratively) focus, focal point (centre of activity; something to which activity, attention or interest is primarily directed)

##### Derived terms

* фокусува́ти impf (fokusuváty)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Hokuspokus.

#### Noun

фо́кус • (fókus) m inan (genitive фо́куса, nominative plural фо́куси, genitive plural фо́кусів, relational adjective фо́кусний)
* magic trick, trick, hocus-pocus, sleight, sleight of hand

##### Derived terms

* фо́кусник m (fókusnyk), фо́кусниця f (fókusnycja)
* фо́кусництво n (fókusnyctvo)

### References

* ↑ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “фокус¹”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 115
* ↑ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “фокус²”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 115
   * Bilodid, I. K., editor (1979), “фокус”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 10 (Т – Ф), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 611
   * “фокус”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

### Further reading

* A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “фокус”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
* A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “фокус”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
* “фокус”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
* “фокус”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)