bròg

See also: brog and bróg

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bróc, from Old Norse brók (“breeches”). Cognate with Manx braag and Irish bróg.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɾɔːk/

Noun

bròg f (genitive singular bròige, plural brògan)

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of *bròg* (class IIa feminine noun)
indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	bròg	brògan
genitive	bròige	bhròg
dative	bròig	brògan; brògaibh^✝

definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(a') bhròg	(na) brògan
genitive	(na) bròige	(nam) bròg
dative	(a') bhròig	(na) brògan; brògaibh^✝
vocative	bhròg	bhròga

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Alternative genitive singular: bròigeadh (Uist, Barra)

Derived terms

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

Descendants

English: brogan, brogue

Mutation

Mutation of *bròg*
radical	lenition
bròg	bhròg

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) “bròg”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bróc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language