Complete Definition of "bog"

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English

Etymology
Irish and Scottish Gaelic bogach, soft, boggy ground, from bog, soft

Pronunciation
w:General American|GenAm?: bäg, /b�g/, /<tt>bAg</tt>/
a|RP b�g, /b�ɡ/, /<tt>bQg</tt>/
audio|en-us-bog.ogg|Audio (US)
audio|en-uk-bog.ogg|Audio (UK)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�ɡ|-�ɡ

Noun
en-noun

  1. An expanse of marshland.
  2. Ireland|UK|coarse|slang A toilet.

Synonyms
i-c|expanse of marshland
i-c|coarse slang: a toilet shithouse (taboo slang), dunny (Australia)

Translations
trans-top|expanse of marshland
Afrikaans: vlei
Danish: mose, sump#Danish|sump
Estonian: raba, soo
Finnish: suo, neva
German: Sumpf m
trans-mid
Italian: palude f
Norwegian: myr, sump
Spanish: ciénaga f
trans-bottom

trans-top|coarse slang: a toilet

Afrikaans: kakhuis
Danish: lokum (2)
French: chiottes f p (coarse slang)
trans-mid
German: Klo n
Italian: cesso m
trans-bottom

Derived terms
bog down
bog off
bog up

See also
marsh
moor
swamp

Verb
en-verb|bogs|bogging|bogged

  1. colloquial|often with "down" To become mired or stuck (especially in mud.)
  2. slang|UK|with "off" To go away.
  3. colloquial|UK|with "up" To make a mess of something.

Translations
German: i|intransitive stecken bleiben (1), versinken (1), versumpfen (1), abhauen (2); i|transitive blockieren, versenken (1)


Bosnian

Etymology
From OCS.|bs term|бог�||bogŭ, from PS.|bs *bog�.

Noun
bog m s

  1. god, idol
  2. God

Related terms
Bog#Bosnian|Bog

Category:Bosnian nouns
Category:bs:Religion


Croatian

Etymology
From OCS.|hr term|бог�||bogŭ, from PS.|hr *bog�.

Noun
hr-noun|g=m|bozi

  1. god

Declension
hr-decl-noun
|bog|bozi
|boga|boga
|bogu|bozima
|boga|boge
|bože|bozi
|bogu|bozima
|bogom|bozima


Danish

Noun
bog, -en, (plural: bøger, bøgerne)

  1. book

Derived terms
ordbog

Category:Danish nouns


German

Pronunciation
IPA|[bo�k]

Verb
bog

  1. past tense of biegen.

Category:German verb forms


Hungarian

Etymology
From the same Finno-Ugric root *pengke as Estonian pung#Estonian|pung

Noun
bog

  1. knot

Category:Hungarian nouns


Irish

Pronunciation
IPA|[bog]

Adjective
bog

  1. soft
  2. loose
  3. lukewarm

Declension
First declension; forms of the positive degree:
{|border"1" cellpadding"4" cellspacing"0" style"margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;"
!Case
!Masculine singular
!Feminine singular
!plural
|-
| Nominative
| bog
| bog
| boga
|-
| Vocative
| boig
| bog
| boga
|-
| Genitive
| boig
| boige
| bog
|-
| Dative
| bog
| bog

archaic boig
| boga
|}

compar/superl: boige

Verb
bog

  1. to move

Category:Irish adjectives
Category:Irish verbs


Norwegian

Noun
bog m

  1. shoulder (of an animal)

Category:Norwegian nouns


Old English

Pronunciation
IPA: /bo:g/

Etymology
Common Germanic *boguz. Cognate with Old Saxon b�g (Dutch boeg �shoulders, chest of a horse�), Old High German buog (German Bug �horse�s hock, ship�s prow�), Old Norse bógr (Icelandic bógur, Swedish bog �shoulder�).

Noun
b�g n (p b�g)

  1. the arm or shoulder
  2. a branch or bough of a tree

Category:Old English nouns


Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
IPA|[bog]

Adjective
bog

  1. soft

Declension
First declension; forms of the positive degree:
{|border"1" cellpadding"4" cellspacing"0" style"margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;"
!Case
!Masculine singular
!Feminine singular
!plural
|-
| Nominative
| bog
| bhog
| boga
|-
| Vocative
| buig
| bog
| boga
|-
| Genitive
| bhuig
| bhuig/buige
| bog
|-
| Dative
| bhog
| bhuig
| boga
|}

compar/superl: buige

Category:Scottish Gaelic adjectives


Serbian

Etymology
From OCS.|sr term|бог�||bogŭ, from PS.|sr *bog�.

Noun
bog m s (p: bogovi)

  1. god, idol
  2. God

Cyrillic spelling
бог#Serbian|бог

Related terms
boginja#Serbian|boginja

See also
Bog#Serbian|Bog

Category:Celtic derivations
Category:Irish derivations
Category:Scottish Gaelic derivations
Category:Serbian nouns
Category:sr:Religion

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