bróg úrleathair

Irish

Etymology

Literally “shoe of untanned leather”.

Pronunciation

(Aran) IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠoːɡ uːɾʲˈl̠ʲeːɾʲ/

Noun

bróg úrleathair f (genitive singular bróige úrleathair, nominative plural bróga úrleathair)

pampootie (traditional shoe consisting of a single piece of untanned hide)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bróg úrleathair	bhróg úrleathair	mbróg úrleathair
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 51
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bróg úrleathair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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