bròg

See also: brog and bróg

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bróc, from Old Norse brók (“breeches”). Cognate with Manx braag and Irish bróg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾɔːk/

Noun

bròg f (genitive singular bròige, plural brògan)

1. shoe, boot
2. hoof
3. (soccer) belt, boot, strong kick

Usage notes

• For long boots (Wellington boots and similar) bòtann is used instead.

Declension

Declension of bròg (class IIa feminine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bròg	brògan
Genitive	bròige	bhròg
Dative	bròig	brògan; brògaibh*
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(a') bhròg	(na) brògan
Genitive	(na) bròige	(nam) bròg
Dative	(a') bhròig	(na) brògan; brògaibh*
Vocative	(a) bhròg	(a) bhròga

*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century

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