broc

broc

See also: broć and bróc

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin broccus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɔk/

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

• (excuse): romanço

Related terms

• broca

Further reading

• “broc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “broc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “broc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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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/

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• IPA^(key): /bʁɔ/ (older, now chiefly Belgium)
• IPA^(key): /bʁɔk/ (substandard, but sometimes heard; compare croc)

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• Rhymes: -o, -ɔ, -ɔk

Noun

broc m (plural brocs)

1. ewer, pitcher

Further reading

• “broc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• broc (récipient) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

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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

• broc meala (“honey badger”)
• brocach (“badger den, sett”)

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.

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Manx

Noun

broc m (genitive singular broc, plural brockyn)

1. Alternative form of brock

Mutation

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.

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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

• Middle English: brek, breke, brech, breche, breech (all from the plural)
  • English: breech, breeches, britches

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

• Middle English: brook
  • English: brook
  • Scots: broke, bruke

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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

• brocair
• broc-lann

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
broc	bhroc
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