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.
Declension
Declension of bróg
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”)
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, 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
Declension
Derived terms
adjective
- brogowy
Descendants
- →? Russian: брог (brog)
Further reading
- bróg in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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