bròg

See also: brog and bróg

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

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

Terms derived from bròg

• 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

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• “bróc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.