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Webster 1913 Edition
Brog
Brog
(brŏg)
, Noun.
[Gael. Cf.
Brob
.] A pointed instrument, as a joiner’s awl, a brad awl, a needle, or a small sharp stick.
Brog
,Verb.
T.
To prod with a pointed instrument, as a lance; also, to broggle.
[Scot. & Prov.]
Sir W. Scott.
Definition 2024
bróg
bróg
Irish
Alternative forms
- bróig (Cois Fharraige)
Noun
bróg f (genitive singular bróige, nominative plural bróga)
Declension
Declension of bróg
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
Terms derived from bróg
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Descendants
- English: brogue
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bróg | bhróg | mbróg |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "bróg" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Greene, D. 1973 ‘The influence of Scandinavian on Irish’ in Bo Almqvist & David Greene (eds.) Proceedings of the Seventh Viking Congress, Dundalgan Press, Dundalk, pp. 75-82