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broc

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See also: broć, bróc, and bróć

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin broccus.

Noun

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broc m (plural brocs)

  1. spout
  2. stick
  3. trifle
  4. (in the plural) excuses, pretexts
    No fotem, que no estic per brocs.Let's not fuck around, I'm not in the mood for excuses.
Synonyms
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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broc

  1. (Balearic) first-person singular present indicative of brocar

French

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un broc à toilettea ewer for dressing table
un broc à laita pitcher for milk

Etymology

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Uncertain, perhaps borrowed from Old Provençal broc, related to Italian brocca (jug).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bʁo/
    • Audio (Lyon):(file)
  • IPA(key): /bʁɔ/ (older, now chiefly Belgium)
  • IPA(key): /bʁɔk/ (nonstandard, but sometimes heard; compare croc)
  • Rhymes: -o, , -ɔk

Noun

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broc m (plural brocs)

  1. ewer, pitcher

Further reading

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish brocc, from Proto-Celtic *brokkos (badger) (compare Welsh broch).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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broc m (genitive singular broic, nominative plural broic)

  1. badger

Declension

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Declension of broc (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative broc broic
vocative a bhroic a bhroca
genitive broic broc
dative broc broic
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an broc na broic
genitive an bhroic na mbroc
dative leis an mbroc
don bhroc
leis na broic

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of broc
radical lenition eclipsis
broc bhroc mbroc

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 90

Further reading

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Manx

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Noun

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broc m (genitive singular broc, plural brockyn)

  1. Alternative form of brock

Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
broc vroc mroc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *brōk.

Noun

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brōc f

  1. (in the plural) underpants; see brēċ
  2. (euphemistic) butt
Declension
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Strong consonant stem:

Descendants
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-West Germanic *brōk (etymology 2).

Noun

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brōc m

  1. brook
Declension
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Strong a-stem:

Descendants
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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broc m

  1. Alternative form of brocc

Etymology 4

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Noun

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brōc ?

  1. labour, toil
  2. affliction
  3. disease
Declension
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Strong a-stem:

References
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Scottish Gaelic

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Broc (1).

Etymology

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From Middle Irish brocc. Cognates include Irish broc and Manx broc.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɾɔʰk/
  • Hyphenation: broc

Noun

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broc m (genitive singular bruic, plural bruic)

  1. badger (Meles meles)
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of faol (wolf)

Declension

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Declension of broc (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative broc bruic
genitive bruic bhroc
dative broc bruic; brocaibh
definite
singular plural
nominative (am) broc (na) bruic
genitive (a') bhruic (nam) broc
dative (a') bhroc (na) bruic; brocaibh
vocative bhruic bhroca

obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of broc
radical lenition
broc bhroc

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  • Colin Mark (2003) “broc”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 93

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English broce (brushwood, fragment), from Old English gebroc (fragment), from brecan (to break).

Noun

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broc m (uncountable)

  1. sea wrack, driftwood
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Irish broc (grey, mottled, flecked) or English brock ((inferior) horse, trotter).

Adjective

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broc (feminine singular broc, plural broc, equative mor froc, comparative mwy broc, superlative mwyaf broc)

  1. roan (of a horse)
Derived terms
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Mutation

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Mutated forms of broc
radical soft nasal aspirate
broc froc mroc unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “broc”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies