bog

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.4 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Noun 2.1.1.1 Derived terms 2.1.1.2 Inflection 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Noun 2.2.1.1 Inflection 2.2.1.2 Related terms 3 French 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Antonyms 4 German 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Verb 5 Hungarian 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Pronunciation 5.3 Noun 6 Irish 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Adjective 6.2.1 Declension 6.2.2 Usage notes 6.3 Verb 6.3.1 Mutation 7 Lower Sorbian 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Noun 8 Norwegian 8.1 Noun 8.1.1 Inflection 9 Old English 9.1 Etymology 9.2 Pronunciation 9.3 Noun 10 Scottish Gaelic 10.1 Pronunciation 10.2 Adjective 10.2.1 Declension 11 Serbo-Croatian 11.1 Etymology 11.2 Noun 11.2.1 Declension 11.2.2 Derived terms 11.2.3 Related terms 12 Slovene 12.1 Etymology 12.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (GenAM): enPR: bäg, IPA: /bɑg/, SAMPA: /bAg/

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• (RP) enPR: bŏg, IPA: /bɒɡ/, SAMPA: /bQg/

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  Rhymes: -ɒɡ

[edit] Etymology 1

Irish and Scottish Gaelic bogach (“‘soft, boggy ground’”) from bog (“‘soft’”)

[edit] Noun

bog (plural bogs)

1. An expanse of marshland.
2. (Irish, British, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) A toilet.

[edit] Synonyms

• (expanse of marshland): marsh, moor, swamp
• (coarse slang: a toilet): shithouse (taboo slang), dunny (Australia)

[edit] Derived terms

• bog bilberry
• bog iron
• bog orchid
• bog roll
• bog standard
• bog brush

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to bog (third-person singular simple present bogs, present participle bogging, simple past and past participle bogged)

1. (intransitive, informal) To become (figuratively or literally) mired or stuck.
2. (transitive, British, informal) To make a mess of something.

[edit] Derived terms

• bog down
• bog up

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[edit] Etymology 2

by shortening and euphemistic alteration from bugger

[edit] Verb

to bog (third-person singular simple present bogs, present participle bogging, simple past and past participle bogged)

1. (euphemism, slang, British, with "off") To go away.

[edit] Derived terms

• bog off

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: bgo
• gob

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse bók (“‘beech, book’”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂go- (“‘beech’”).

[edit] Noun

bog c. (singular definite bogen, plural indefinite bøger)

1. book

[edit] Derived terms

• ordbog c.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Maybe from Middle Low German bok.

[edit] Noun

bog c. (singular definite bogen, plural indefinite bog)

1. beech mast

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• bogfinke c.
• boghvede c.

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[edit] French

[edit] Noun

bog m. (plural bogs)

1. (ecology) An ombrotrophic peatland.

[edit] Antonyms

• fen

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[edit] German

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [boːk]

[edit] Verb

bog

1. past tense of biegen.

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Etymology

From the same Finno-Ugric root *pengke as Estonian pung

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbog/

[edit] Noun

bog (plural bogok)

1. knot

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [bˠɔɡ]

[edit] Adjective

bog

1. soft
2. loose
3. lukewarm

[edit] Declension

[edit] Usage notes

• (archaic) Dative feminine singular: boig

[edit] Verb

bog

1. to move

[edit] Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bog	bhog	mbog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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[edit] Lower Sorbian

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bogъ.

[edit] Noun

bog m.

1. god

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Noun

bog m.

1. shoulder (of an animal)

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

Common Germanic *boguz Cognate with Old Saxon bōg (Dutch boeg (“‘shoulders, chest of a horse’”)), Old High German buog (German horse’s hock, ship’s prow), Old Norse bógr (Icelandic bógur, Swedish bog (“‘shoulder’”)).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bo:g/

[edit] Noun

bōg n. (plural bōg)

1. the arm or shoulder
2. a branch or bough of a tree

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [b̊og̊]

[edit] Adjective

bog (comparative and superlative forms buige)

1. soft
2. wet, damp, moist

[edit] Declension

First declension; forms of the positive degree:

Case	Masculine singular	Feminine singular	plural
Nominative	bog	bhog	bog/boga
Vocative	buig	bog	bog/boga
Genitive	bhuig	bhuig/buige	bog
Dative	bhog	bhuig	bog/boga

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bogъ.

[edit] Noun

bȏg m. (Cyrillic spelling бо̑г)

1. god
2. (colloquial) idol, god

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[edit] Derived terms

• bogòvskī
• božànstvo
• bȍžjī

[edit] Related terms

• Bȏg
• bògat

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[edit] Slovene

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bogъ.

[edit] Noun

bog m.

1. god