broch
See also: Broch and broc'h
English
Etymology
From Scots broch, from Old Norse borg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz. Doublet of borough and burgh.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɒx/, /ˈbɹɒk/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɑx/, /ˈbɹɑk/
- Rhymes: -ɒx, -ɒk
Noun
broch (plural brochs)
- (archaeology) A type of Iron Age stone tower with hollow double-layered walls found on Orkney, Shetland, in the Hebrides and parts of the Scottish mainland.
- 1933, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Cloud Howe, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), page 268:
- Finella's carles builded the Kaimes, a long line of battlements under the hills, midway a tower that was older still, a broch from the days of the Pictish men […].
- 1933, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Cloud Howe, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), page 268:
Scots
Etymology
From Old Norse borg.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /brɔx/
Noun
broch (plural brochs)
- broch
- burgh, town
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh broch, from Proto-Brythonic *brox, from Proto-Celtic *brokkos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /broːχ/
- Rhymes: -oːχ
Noun
broch m (plural brochod)
- badger
Synonyms
- daearfochyn
- mochyn daear
Derived terms
- melfroch (“honey badger”)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
broch | froch | mroch | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |