brod

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See also: Brod, brød, bröd, bròd, bród, brôd, and broð

Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech brod, from Proto-Slavic *brodъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

brod m inan

  1. ford (location where a stream is shallow)

Declension

Further reading

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse broddr.

Pronunciation

Noun

brod c (singular definite brodden, plural indefinite brodde)

  1. sting, stinger

Inflection

Declension of brod
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative brod brodden brodde broddene
genitive brods broddens broddes broddenes

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish brot m (goad; spike), from Proto-Celtic *brazdos (thorn), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰresdʰ-, from *bʰers- (tip, point), see also Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz (spike).

Noun

brod m (genitive singular broid, nominative plural broid)

  1. goad
Declension
Declension of brod (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative brod broid
vocative a bhroid a bhroda
genitive broid brod
dative brod broid
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an brod na broid
genitive an bhroid na mbrod
dative leis an mbrod
don bhrod
leis na broid

Etymology 2

Noun

brod f (genitive singular broide, nominative plural broideanna)

  1. Alternative form of broid (sting-fish)
Declension
Declension of brod (second declension)
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhrod na broideanna
genitive na broide na mbroideanna
dative leis an mbrod
don bhrod
leis na broideanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of brod
radical lenition eclipsis
brod bhrod mbrod

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

Further reading

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *brodъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

brod m inan (diminutive brodk)

  1. ford (location where a stream is shallow)

Declension

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “brod”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “brod”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish brot m (goad; spike), from Proto-Celtic *brazdos (thorn), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰresdʰ-, from *bʰers- (tip, point), see also Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz (spike).

Noun

brod m (genitive singular brod, plural brodyn)

  1. goad, spur, prick, nudge, jab, stimulus

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of brod
radical lenition eclipsis
brod vrod mrod

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

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Old English brād, from Proto-West Germanic *braid, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    brod (plural and weak singular brode, comparative broddere, superlative broddest)

    1. broad

    Descendants

    • English: broad
    • Scots: braid
    • Yola: brode

    References

    Old English

    Etymology

    From Proto-Germanic *brōduz (brood)

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    brōd f

    1. brood
    2. hatching

    Declension

    Strong ō-stem:

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic бродъ (brodŭ).

    Noun

    brod n (plural broduri)

    1. (Transylvania) ford (location where a stream is shallow)

    Declension

    Declension of brod
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative brod brodul broduri brodurile
    genitive-dative brod brodului broduri brodurilor
    vocative brodule brodurilor

    References

    • brod in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

    Scots

    Etymology

    From Scottish Gaelic bòrd, ultimately from Old English bord (board, table). Cognate with English board.

    Noun

    brod (plural brods)

    1. table

    Scottish Gaelic

    Etymology

    From Old Irish brot m (goad; spike), from Proto-Celtic *brazdos (thorn), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰresdʰ-, from *bʰers- (tip, point), see also Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz (spike).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    brod m (genitive singular bruid, plural brodan)

    1. best, choice part
    2. goad, prod, prick, spear, sting (anything sharp and pointed)

    Verb

    brod (past bhrod, future brodaidh, verbal noun brodadh, past participle brodte)

    1. to goad, encourage
    2. to excite, stimulate
    3. to masturbate

    Mutation

    Mutation of brod
    radical lenition
    brod bhrod

    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) “brod”, 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), “brot”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

    Serbo-Croatian

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    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brodъ (ford). The meaning “ship” is of secondary origin, and the original meaning “ford” has been preserved in toponyms such as Slavonski Brod.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    brȏd m (Cyrillic spelling бро̑д, diminutive bròdīć, relational adjective bròdskī)

    1. ship
      Synonym: lađa
    2. (architecture) aisle
    3. (archaic) ford (location where a stream is shallow)

    Declension

    Declension of brod
    singular plural
    nominative brȏd bròdovi
    genitive brȍda bròdōvā
    dative brȍdu bròdovima
    accusative brȏd bròdove
    vocative brȍde bròdovi
    locative bròdu bròdovima
    instrumental brȍdom bròdovima

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • brod”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

    Slovak

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    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brodъ.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    brod m inan (relational adjective brodový)

    1. ford, crossing, location where a stream is shallow

    Declension

    Declension of brod
    (pattern dub)
    singularplural
    nominativebrodbrody
    genitivebrodubrodov
    dativebrodubrodom
    accusativebrodbrody
    locativebrodebrodoch
    instrumentalbrodombrodmi

    Further reading

    • brod”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

    Slovene

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    Etymology

    From Proto-Slavic *brodъ.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    brọ̑d m inan

    1. ford (location where a stream is shallow)

    Declension

    The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
    Masculine inan., hard o-stem, plural in -ôv-
    nom. sing. bród
    gen. sing. bróda
    singular dual plural
    nominative
    (imenovȃlnik)
    bród brodôva brodôvi
    genitive
    (rodȋlnik)
    bróda brodôv brodôv
    dative
    (dajȃlnik)
    bródu brodôvoma brodôvom
    accusative
    (tožȋlnik)
    bród brodôva brodôve
    locative
    (mẹ̑stnik)
    bródu brodôvih brodôvih
    instrumental
    (orọ̑dnik)
    bródom brodôvoma brodôvi

    This noun needs an inflection-table template.

    Further reading

    • brod”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025