bog
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- (GenAM): enPR: bäg, IPA: /bɑg/, SAMPA: /bAg/
- (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
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Singular |
Plural |
bog (plural bogs)
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- (expanse of marshland): marsh, moor, swamp
- (coarse slang: a toilet): shithouse (taboo slang), dunny (Australia)
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Infinitive |
Third person singular |
Simple past |
Past participle |
Present participle |
to bog (third-person singular simple present bogs, present participle bogging, simple past and past participle bogged)
- (intransitive, informal) To become (figuratively or literally) mired or stuck.
- (transitive, British, informal) To make a mess of something.
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[edit] Etymology 2
by shortening and euphemistic alteration from bugger
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Infinitive |
Third person singular |
Simple past |
Past participle |
Present participle |
to bog (third-person singular simple present bogs, present participle bogging, simple past and past participle bogged)
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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)
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- 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)
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| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | bog | bogen | bog | bogene |
| genitive | bogs | bogens | bogs | bogenes |
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[edit] French
[edit] Noun
bog m. (plural bogs)
- (ecology) An ombrotrophic peatland.
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[edit] German
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [boːk]
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bog
- past tense of biegen.
[edit] Hungarian
[edit] Etymology
From the same Finno-Ugric root *pengke as Estonian pung
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈbog/
[edit] Noun
bog (plural bogok)
[edit] Irish
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [bˠɔɡ]
[edit] Adjective
bog
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[edit] Usage notes
- (archaic) Dative feminine singular: boig
[edit] Verb
bog
- to move
| singular | plural | autonomous | |||||||
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | bogaim | bogann tú; bogair† |
bogann sé, sí | bogaimid | bogann sibh | bogann siad; bogaid† |
bogtar | |
| past | bhog mé; bhogas† |
bhog tú; bhogais† |
bhog sé, sí | bhogamar | bhog sibh; bhogabhair† |
bhog siad; bhogadar† |
bogadh | ||
| future | bogfaidh mé; bogfad† |
bogfaidh tú; bogfair† |
bogfaidh sé, sí | bogfaimid; bogfam† |
bogfaidh sibh | bogfaidh siad; bogfaid† |
bogfar | ||
| past habitual | bhogainn | bhogtá | bhogadh sé, sí | bhogaimis | bhogadh sibh | bhogaidís | bhogtaí | ||
| imperative | bogaim | bog | bogadh sé, sí | bogaimis | bogaigí | bogaidís | bogtar | ||
| conditional | bhogfainn | bhogfá | bhogfadh sé, sí | bhogfaimis | bhogfadh sibh | bhogfaidís | bhogfaí | ||
| subjunctive | present | boga mé; bogad† |
boga tú; bogair† |
boga sé, sí | bogaimid | boga sibh | boga siad; bogaid† |
bogtar | |
| past | bogainn | bogtá | bogadh sé, sí | bogaimis | bogadh sibh | bogaidís | bogtaí | ||
| verbal noun | bogadh | ||||||||
| past participle | bogtha | ||||||||
† Dialect form
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| Irish mutation | |||
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| 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
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From Proto-Slavic *bogъ.
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bog m.
[edit] Norwegian
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bog m.
- shoulder (of an animal)
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[edit] Old English
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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’”)).
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- IPA: /bo:g/
[edit] Noun
bōg n. (plural bōg)
[edit] Scottish Gaelic
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [b̊og̊]
[edit] Adjective
bog (comparative and superlative forms buige)
[edit] Declension
First declension; forms of the positive degree:
| Case | Masculine singular | Feminine singular | plural |
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| Nominative | bog | bhog | bog/boga |
| Vocative | buig | bog | bog/boga |
| Genitive | bhuig | bhuig/buige | bog |
| Dative | bhog | bhuig | bog/boga |
[edit] Serbo-Croatian
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From Proto-Slavic *bogъ.
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bȏg m. (Cyrillic spelling бо̑г)
- god
- (colloquial) idol, god
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| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bȏg | bògovi |
| genitive | bȍga | bògōvā |
| dative | bȍgu | bògovima |
| accusative | bȍga | bògove |
| vocative | bȍže | bògovima |
| locative | bȍgu | bògovima |
| instrumental | bȍgom | bògovima |
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[edit] Slovene
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *bogъ.
[edit] Noun
bog m.