bróg
Irish
Alternative forms
- bróig (Cois Fharraige)
Etymology
From Old Irish bróc, from Old Norse brók (“breeches”) or Old English brōc (“breech”). Cognate with Manx braag and Scottish Gaelic bròg.
Declension
Declension of bróg
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- bróga cnaipí (“buttoned shoes, button-boots”)
- bróga damhsa (“dancing-shoes”)
- bróg adhmaid, bróg mhaide (“clog”)
- bróga éadroma (“light shoes”)
- bróga gréasaí (“hand-made boots”)
- bróga iallacha (“laced shoes, boots”)
- bróga peile (“football boots”)
- bróg ard (“boot”)
- bróga sneachta (“snow-shoes”)
- bróga troma, bróga tairní (“heavy, hobnailed, boots”)
- brógchrann (“boot-tree”)
- bróg íseal (“shoe”)
- bróg spící (“spiked shoes”)
- brógstrapa (“bootstrap”)
- bróg úrleathair (“pampootie”)
- iall bróige (“bootlace, shoe-lace”)
- leathar bróg (“shoe-leather”)
- scuab bhróg (“shoe-brush”)
Descendants
- English: brogue
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bróg | bhróg | mbróg |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "bróg" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Greene, D. 1973 ‘The influence of Scandinavian on Irish’ in Bo Almqvist & David Greene (eds.) Proceedings of the Seventh Viking Congress, Dundalgan Press, Dundalk, pp. 75-82
Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *borgъ.
Declension
Further reading
- bróg in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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