острог

о́стър (óstǎr, “sharp, acute”) +‎ -ог (-og)

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о́строг • (óstrog) m

1. (obsolete) stake or pole rammed into a haystack (in order to hold it still)

• остре́ц (ostréc, “sharp part of razor, blade”)
• остри́ка (ostríka), остри́ца (ostríca, “sedge grass”)
• остру́га (ostrúga, “spatula”) (dialectal)

• “острог”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “о́строгъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 392
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “острог”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 949

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остро́г • (ostróg) m inan (genitive остро́га, nominative plural остро́ги, genitive plural остро́гов)

1. (historical) stockaded town
2. (dated) jail, gaol

• ⇒ Yiddish: אָסטראָגניק (ostrognik)

остро́г • (ostróg) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of острога́ (ostrogá)