bróg

See also: brog, bròg, and Bróg

Irish

Alternative forms

• bróig (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Old Irish bróc, from Old Norse brók (“breeches”). Cognate with Manx braag and Scottish Gaelic bròg.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠoːɡ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠɔːɡ/

Noun

bróg f (genitive singular bróige, nominative plural bróga)

1. boot, shoe

Declension

Declension of bróg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bróg bróga Vocative a bhróg a bhróga Genitive bróige bróg Dative bróig bróga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhróg na bróga Genitive na bróige na mbróg Dative leis an mbróig don bhróig leis na bróga

• Dual: dhá bhróig

Derived terms

• bróg adhmaid (“clog”)
• bróg ard (“boot”)
• bróg íseal (“shoe”)
• bróg mhaide (“clog”)
• bróg spící (“spiked shoes”)
• bróg úrleathair (“pampootie”)
• bróga cnaipí (“buttoned shoes, button-boots”)
• bróga damhsa (“dancing-shoes”)
• bróga éadroma (“light shoes”)
• bróga gréasaí (“hand-made boots”)
• bróga iallacha (“laced shoes, boots”)
• bróga peile (“football boots”)
• bróga sneachta (“snow-shoes”)
• bróga tairní (“heavy, hobnailed, boots”)
• bróga troma (“heavy, hobnailed, boots”)
• brógchrann (“boot-tree”)
• brógstrapa (“bootstrap”)
• iall bróige (“bootlace, shoe-lace”)
• leathar bróg (“shoe-leather”)
• scuab bhróg (“shoe-brush”)

 

Descendants

• → English: brogue
• → Yola: brogue, brough

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bróg	bhróg	mbróg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 50
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bróg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Greene, D. (1976) “The influence of Scandinavian on Irish”, in Bo Almqvist and David Greene, editors, Proceedings of the Seventh Viking Congress‎^[1], Dundalk: Dundalgan Press, pages 75-82
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 55

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borgъ. Related to brzeg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bruk/

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• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: bróg
• Homophones: Bróg, Brug, bruk

Noun

bróg m inan (diminutive brożek)

1. hay barrack

   Synonym: siennica

2. rick, stack

Declension

Declension of bróg

	singular	plural
nominative	bróg	brogi
genitive	brogu	brogów
dative	brogowi	brogom
accusative	bróg	brogi
instrumental	brogiem	brogami
locative	brogu	brogach
vocative	brogu	brogi

Derived terms

adjective

• brogowy

 

Descendants

• →? Russian: брог (brog)

Further reading

• bróg in Polish dictionaries at PWN