broc

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See also: broć, bróc, and bróć

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin broccus.

Noun

broc m (plural brocs)

  1. spout
  2. stick
  3. trifle
  4. (in the plural) excuses, pretexts
    No fotem, que no estic per brocs.Let's not fuck around, I'm not in the mood for excuses.
Synonyms

Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

broc

  1. (Balearic) first-person singular present indicative of brocar

French

un broc à toilettea ewer for dressing table
un broc à laita pitcher for milk

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps borrowed from Old Provençal broc, related to Italian brocca (jug).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁo/
    • Audio (Lyon):(file)
  • IPA(key): /bʁɔ/ (older, now chiefly Belgium)
  • IPA(key): /bʁɔk/ (nonstandard, but sometimes heard; compare croc)
  • Rhymes: -o, , -ɔk

Noun

broc m (plural brocs)

  1. ewer, pitcher

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish brocc, from Proto-Celtic *brokkos (badger) (compare Welsh broch).

Pronunciation

Noun

broc m (genitive singular broic, nominative plural broic)

  1. badger

Declension

Declension of broc (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative broc broic
vocative a bhroic a bhroca
genitive broic broc
dative broc broic
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an broc na broic
genitive an bhroic na mbroc
dative leis an mbroc
don bhroc
leis na broic

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of broc
radical lenition eclipsis
broc bhroc mbroc

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 90

Further reading

Manx

Noun

broc m (genitive singular broc, plural brockyn)

  1. Alternative form of brock

Mutation

Mutation of broc
radical lenition eclipsis
broc vroc mroc

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

Old English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *brōk.

Noun

brōc f

  1. (in the plural) underpants; see brēċ
  2. (euphemistic) butt
Declension

Strong consonant stem:

Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *brōk (etymology 2).

Noun

brōc m

  1. brook
Declension

Strong a-stem:

Descendants

Etymology 3

Noun

broc m

  1. Alternative form of brocc

Etymology 4

Noun

brōc ?

  1. labour, toil
  2. affliction
  3. disease
Declension

Strong a-stem:

References

Scottish Gaelic

Broc (1).

Etymology

From Middle Irish brocc. Cognates include Irish broc and Manx broc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾɔʰk/
  • Hyphenation: broc

Noun

broc m (genitive singular bruic, plural bruic)

  1. badger (Meles meles)
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of faol (wolf)

Declension

Declension of broc (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative broc bruic
genitive bruic bhroc
dative broc bruic; brocaibh
definite
singular plural
nominative (am) broc (na) bruic
genitive (a') bhruic (nam) broc
dative (a') bhroc (na) bruic; brocaibh
vocative bhruic bhroca

obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of broc
radical lenition
broc bhroc

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

References

  • Colin Mark (2003) “broc”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 93

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English broce (brushwood, fragment), from Old English gebroc (fragment), from brecan (to break).

Noun

broc m (uncountable)

  1. sea wrack, driftwood
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Irish broc (grey, mottled, flecked) or English brock ((inferior) horse, trotter).

Adjective

broc (feminine singular broc, plural broc, equative mor froc, comparative mwy broc, superlative mwyaf broc)

  1. roan (of a horse)
Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of broc
radical soft nasal aspirate
broc froc mroc unchanged

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

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “broc”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies