bròg

See also: brog and bróg

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bróc, from Old Norse [Term?] or Old English [Term?].

Noun

bròg f (genitive singular bròige, plural brògan)

shoe, boot
hoof

Usage notes

For long boots (Wellington boots and similar) bòtann is used instead.

Derived terms

bròg-chleasachd (“trainer”)
bròg-dannsa (“pump”)
bròg-sheòmair (“slipper”)
cho sona ri bròg (“happy as a lark”)

Descendants

English: brogan, brogue

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
bròg	bhròg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
“bróc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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