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Bulgarian
Etymology
From obsolescent брощ (brošt) with lenition of the ending (-št > -š).
Pronunciation
Noun
брош • (broš) m
- Alternative form of брощ (brošt, “madder”)
- red pigment prepared from the roots of the plant
Usage notes
Despite colloquial in nature, this form is treated as the standard.
Declension
References
- “брош”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1908) “брочь и брошь”, in Допълнение на българския рѣчникъ [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Plovdiv: Печатница "Трудъ" на Петко Бѣловѣждовъ, page 25
Macedonian
Etymology
Borrowed from French broche.
Pronunciation
Noun
брош • (broš) m
- brooch
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from French broche.
Pronunciation
Noun
бро̏ш m (Latin spelling brȍš)
- brooch
Declension
Further reading
- “брош”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025