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

• 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

• 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