bròg

See also: brog and bróg

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾɔːk/

Noun

bròg f (genitive singular bròige, plural brògan)

1. shoe, boot
2. 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

• “bròg” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, →ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “bróc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language