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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish bróc, from Old Norse brók (“breeches”). Cognate with Manx braag and Scottish Gaelic bròg.
Pronunciation
Noun
bróg f (genitive singular bróige, nominative plural bróga)
- boot, shoe
Declension
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Mutation
Irish mutation
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Lenition
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bróg
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bhróg
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mbróg
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 50
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bróg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Greene, D. (1976) “The influence of Scandinavian on Irish”, in Bo Almqvist and David Greene, editors, Proceedings of the Seventh Viking Congress, Dundalk: Dundalgan Press, pages 75-82
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 55
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borgъ. Related to brzeg.
Pronunciation
Noun
bróg m inan (diminutive brożek)
- hay barrack
- Synonym: siennica
- rick, stack
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Further reading
- bróg in Polish dictionaries at PWN