острог

Bulgarian

Etymology

о́стър (óstǎr, sharp, acute) +‎ -ог (-og)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɔstrok]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔstrok
  • Syllabification(key): о‧строг
  • Hyphenation(key): ос‧трог

Noun

о́строг • (óstrogm

  1. (obsolete) stake or pole rammed into a haystack (in order to hold it still)

Declension

Declension of о́строг
singular plural
indefinite о́строг
óstrog
о́стрози
óstrozi
definite
(subject form)
о́строгът
óstrogǎt
о́строзите
óstrozite
definite
(object form)
о́строга
óstroga
count form о́строга
óstroga
  • остре́ц (ostréc, sharp part of razor, blade)
  • остри́ка (ostríka), остри́ца (ostríca, sedge grass)
  • остру́га (ostrúga, spatula) (dialectal)

References

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈstrok]

Etymology 1

Akin to о́стрый (óstryj). Note острога (ostroga), compare typologically частоко́л (častokól).

Noun

остро́г • (ostrógm inan (genitive остро́га, nominative plural остро́ги, genitive plural остро́гов, relational adjective остро́жный, diminutive остро́жек)

  1. (historical) stockaded town
  2. (dated) jail, gaol
Declension
Derived terms
  • остро́жник m anim (ostróžnik)
Descendants
  • Yakut: остуруок (osturuok)
  • Yiddish: אָסטראָגניק (ostrognik)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “острог”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “острог”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa

Further reading

Etymology 2

Noun

остро́г • (ostrógf inan pl

  1. genitive plural of острога́ (ostrogá)