brod

Inherited from Old Czech brod, from Proto-Slavic *brodъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrot]

• Hyphenation: brod
• Rhymes: -ot

brod m inan

1. ford (location where a stream is shallow)

• “brod”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “brod”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “brod”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

• drob

From Old Norse broddr.

• IPA^(key): /brɔd/, [b̥ʁʌð]

brod c (singular definite brodden, plural indefinite brodde)

1. sting, stinger

• IPA^(key): /bˠɾˠod̪ˠ/

From Old Irish brot m (“goad; spike”), from Proto-Celtic *brazdos (“thorn”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰresdʰ-, from *bʰers- (“tip, point”), see also Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz (“spike”).

brod m (genitive singular broid, nominative plural broid)

1. goad

brod f (genitive singular broide, nominative plural broideanna)

1. alternative form of broid (“sting-fish”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “brod”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brot”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Proto-Slavic *brodъ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɔt/
• Rhymes: -ɔt
• Syllabification: brod

brod m inan (diminutive brodk)

1. ford (location where a stream is shallow)

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “brod”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “brod”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

From Old Irish brot m (“goad; spike”), from Proto-Celtic *brazdos (“thorn”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰresdʰ-, from *bʰers- (“tip, point”), see also Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz (“spike”).

brod m (genitive singular brod, plural brodyn)

1. goad, spur, prick, nudge, jab, stimulus

• broddag

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brot”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• brode, brood

From Old English brād, from Proto-West Germanic *braid, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz.

• IPA^(key): /brɔːd/

brod (plural and weak singular brode, comparative broddere, superlative broddest)

1. broad

• English: broad
• Scots: braid
• Yola: brode

• “brōd, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Proto-Germanic *brōduz (“brood”)

• IPA^(key): /broːd/

brōd f

1. brood
2. hatching

Strong ō-stem:

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic бродъ (brodŭ).

brod n (plural broduri)

1. (Transylvania) ford (location where a stream is shallow)

• brod in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

From Scottish Gaelic bòrd, ultimately from Old English bord (“board, table”). Cognate with English board.

brod (plural brods)

1. table

From Old Irish brot m (“goad; spike”), from Proto-Celtic *brazdos (“thorn”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰresdʰ-, from *bʰers- (“tip, point”), see also Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz (“spike”).

• IPA^(key): /pɾɔt/

brod m (genitive singular bruid, plural brodan)

1. best, choice part
2. goad, prod, prick, spear, sting (anything sharp and pointed)

brod (past bhrod, future brodaidh, verbal noun brodadh, past participle brodte)

1. to goad, encourage
2. to excite, stimulate
3. to masturbate

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “brod”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “brot”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brodъ (“ford”). The meaning “ship” is of secondary origin, and the original meaning “ford” has been preserved in toponyms such as Slavonski Brod.

• IPA^(key): /brôːd/
• Rhymes: -rod

brȏd m inan (Cyrillic spelling бро̑д, relational adjective bròdskī, diminutive bròdīć)

1. ship

   Synonym: lađa

2. (architecture) aisle
3. (archaic) ford (location where a stream is shallow)

• “brod”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brodъ.

• IPA^(key): [brɔt]

brod m inan (relational adjective brodový)

1. ford, crossing, location where a stream is shallow

• “brod”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

From Proto-Slavic *brodъ.

• IPA^(key): /bróːt/

brọ̑d m inan

1. ford (location where a stream is shallow)

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem, plural in -ôv-
nom. sing.	bród
gen. sing.	bróda
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bród	brodôva	brodôvi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bróda	brodôv	brodôv
dative (dajȃlnik)	bródu	brodôvoma	brodôvom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bród	brodôva	brodôve
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bródu	brodôvih	brodôvih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bródom	brodôvoma	brodôvi

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• “brod”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025