bròg

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See also: brog and bróg

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

bròg f (genitive singular bròige, plural brògan)

  1. shoe, boot
  2. hoof
  3. (soccer) belt, boot, strong kick

Usage notes

Declension

Declension of bròg (class IIa feminine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative bròg brògan
Genitive bròige bhròg
Dative bròig brògan; brògaibh✝
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (a') bhròg (na) brògan
Genitive (na) bròige (nam) bròg
Dative (a') bhròig (na) brògan; brògaibh✝
Vocative bhròg bhròga

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

  • Alternative genitive singular: bròigeadh (Uist, Barra)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: brogan, brogue

Mutation

Mutation of bròg
radical lenition
bròg bhròg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “bròg”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bróc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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