broc

See also: broć and bróc

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin broccus.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Further reading

French
un broc à toilette ― a ewer for dressing table
un broc à lait ― a pitcher for milk

Etymology

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

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

Noun

broc m (plural brocs)

  1. ewer, pitcher

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bˠɾˠɔk/

Noun

broc m (genitive singular broic, nominative plural broic)

  1. badger

Declension
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

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
broc bhroc mbroc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “broc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “broc” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “broc” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Manx

Noun

broc m (genitive singular broc, plural brockyn)

  1. Alternative form of brock

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
brocvrocmroc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /broːk/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *brōk.

Noun

brōc f

  1. (in the plural) underpants; see brēċ
  2. (euphemistic) butt
Declension
Declension of broc (strong consonant stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative brōc brēċ
accusative brōc brēċ
genitive brēċ, brōce brōca
dative brēċ brōcum
Descendants

Etymology 2

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

Noun

brōc m

  1. brook
Declension
Declension of broc (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative brōc brōcas
accusative brōc brōcas
genitive brōces brōca
dative brōce brōcum
Descendants

Scottish Gaelic
Broc (1).

Etymology

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

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

Noun

broc m (genitive singular bruic, plural bruic)

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

Declension
Declension of broc (type I masculine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative broc bruic
Genitive bruic bhroc
Dative broc bruic
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (am) broc (na) bruic
Genitive (a') bhruic (nam) broc
Dative (a') bhroc (na) bruic
Vocative (a) bhruic (a) bhroca

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
brocbhroc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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