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n o,m. (f. Laws i 74 Comm. cited below), later also fochain(n) f. n s. fochonn Wb 3c23 . fochunn 11c1 , 23c6 . Ml 138a8 . a s. fochunn Wb 15d2 . Ml 19c5 . 46b14 . d s. fochun Sg 6a13 . g s. ind fochuinn Ml 35b24 . n p. ind focháinn 86c3 . fochainne LB 143a21 . ? a p. foichne LL 163b36 ( Met. Dinds iv 36.21 ). Early Mod. decl.: fochain fachain fochaind fachaind (f.) IGT, Decl. § 150 . pl. faichne ib. ex. 2000 . foichne 2007 (cf. LL 163b cited above). With lenited f. omitted in writ- ing: deaghachain, Arch. iii 244 § 9 .
Cause, occasion: transl. Lat. causa Wb 23c6 . Ml 19c5 . 35b24 . 86c3 . 138a8 . Sg 6a13 . occasio Wb 3c23 . 15d2 . fachain (fochain, fochann) .i. adhbhar, O'Cl. Eg. Gl. 306 . ná bīth fochunn uaimm fein dom aecṅduch let me give no cause to speak evil of me Wb 11c1 . cen fochunn ┐ cen accuis Ml 46b14 . rosuidiged ... a n-oenscribend in fhochaind for a ṅdernsat a crochad PH 3323 . atá ann ... an cét-adbur d'aér ... issí a ḟochuinn sin .i. tógbail ┐ tinfeadh anala a corpaib daenna RC xxiv 370 (TBithnua, Rennes). fur- sandud na tucaiti ┐ ind fochaind frisarochet in psalmb, Hib. Min. 8.268 (an fochoin, H). fochann ┐ tucaitt tresa ttangattar na hairrdhena, Buile S. § 1 . dia n-iarfaigther cíasu fochond ara ndernad, Met. Dinds. iv 100 . abair ... cia fochund for a tanic ille PH 1137 . ní gan fochuin romarb- us é ZCP vi 35.12 . a mac d'indarba ... gan ḟochaind, Ériu iii 154.10 . Folld. by obj. gen.: is fochunn ícce dúibsi (= causa salutis) Wb 23c6 . cid día mboí fochond a galair LU 10744 . arnara [ = ar ná rob] fochand báis dóib `cause their death' Mon. Tall. § 52 . rop é fochond ná dilend do bádud clann Cáin LU 130 = Rawl. 72a4 . is é fochond a tiachtana ar teched na dilend LL 4b28 . fochund a chreitmi the cause of his conversion Anecd. iii 73.14 . uath don-arfas ... ba sí fochunn a ainmi the cause of his disfigurement Laws i 74.13 Comm. bá hé fochann na gabhala isin FM vi 2248.10 . gan fachain a bháis do chur síos, Keat. ii 3422 . dob fhachain áigh (: athar, leg. fachan ?) Arch. Hib. i 89 . faichne do chor meanma a méd reasons for rejoicing IGT, Decl. ex. 2000 . foichne far thréigthi reasons for deserting ib. ex. 2007 . isse fath fodera fochainn an tedma sin RC xvii 416.25 (Tig.). conidh esin fochond an tedma sin ib. y . Cf. fan cruit do ḟás in ḟochainn the cause of the dispute (?) was the harp IGT, Decl. ex. 1061 . táinig ... Rí nimhe ... dob í ar n-annsai-ne a fhochoinn `love of us His motive' Dán Dé xv 19 . tre ḟ.¤ because of: co mbátar oc slaide ... a chéile tría ḟochund óenmná because of one woman TTr.² 1301 . tria ḟochond na hoenbrethre LL 44a40 . tre bāt[h]ad an bhrát[h]ar dochúaidh ... gusin luing ... tre fheircc ┐ tre fho- chann Brénainn occasioned by B.'s wrath BNnÉ 83 § 165 . Folld. by DO of pers.: adubrudur ... ris nach roibi achan dō in edach ... do gabail uimbe D iv 2, vb21 . más fachain dom bac i measc na dtaoiseach, Ó Bruad. ii 44 . In special sense `matter', i.e. something wrong or amiss: asé bur bfochann [abur v.l.] ... gin ab foruibh the cause of your trouble is that you have no abbot over you BNnÉ 7 § 21 . cersat mora na fochainne sin boi sailechtu aice-sium im shlānti d'fhadbail LB 143a21 . luid C. ... dar in abaind dianad ainm Biur ann sin atbertsom Bir fri fochainne (of a saint praying for restriction of a plague, see Reeves' Adamnan lxxiii ) LB 32a7 = bir fri fochaide, Lism.L 879 . Here probably: rogenair fer maith ... Nemruaid | focan scel cach druing ... SR 2695 (leg. fochan scél, etc. = theme of every company ? Cf. dia n-éccid foichne a scél LL 163b36 , Met. Dinds. iv 36 ).
n o,m. sub-contract (?); wrongful contract (?): an- flaith cach fochorach .i. is drochflaith in cach cuiris focuru indligech [sic] for a ceilib, O'C. 453 (< H 3. 18 p. 241b ) = anflaith cach fochrach .i. flaith foocartar dligi ┐ indligi, O'C. 468b (< H 3. 18, 246 ). Cf. nach fochrach .i. fear fono- chair cuir ib. O'C. 468a . Perhaps corrupt.

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