# рог
## Belarusian
### Etymology

From Old Belarusian рогъ (roh), from Old East Slavic рогъ (rogŭ), from Proto-Slavic *rogъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rágas.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [rox]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

рог • (roh) m inan (genitive ро́га, nominative plural ро́гі, genitive plural рог or раго́ў)
* (zoology) horn (hard keratin projection in some animals)

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

### Noun

рог • (roh) m inan (genitive рага́, nominative plural рагі́, genitive plural раго́ў)
* outer corner
    Synonym: ву́гал (vúhal)
* (music) horn

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

### References

* “рог” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Bulgarian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rogъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rágas.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [rɔk]
* Homophone: рок (rok)

### Noun

рог • (rog) m (relational adjective ро́гов, diminutive ро́гче or рогце́)
* (anatomy) horn
* (figuratively, by similarity) prong, spike
* (music) horn, bugle
    ловджийски рог ― lovdžijski rog ― huntsman's bugle

#### Declension

$^1$Archaic. $^2$Dialectal.

#### Derived terms

* (instrumental noun) рога́тка (rogátka)
* рогле́ (roglé)
* рогу́ля (rogúlja)
* ро́гуша (róguša, “horned sheep”)
* роже́ц (rožéc)
* ро́жков (róžkov)
* рога́т (rogát)
* рогова́т (rogovát)
* ро́жи (róži) (obsolete)
* ро́жък (róžǎk) (dialectal)

### References

* “рог”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “рог”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “рогъ (ед.); ро́га, ро́гове (мн.)”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 82
* Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “рог”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 281
* “рогъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rogъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rágas.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [rɔk]
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: рок (rok)
* Rhymes: -ɔk

### Noun

рог • (rog) m (diminutive рокче)
* horn
    вит рог ― vit rog ― curved horn
    скршен рог ― skršen rog ― broken horn
    рог на изобилието (in mythology) ― rog na izobilieto ― cornucopia

#### Declension
### References

* “рог” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

## Ossetian
### Adjective

рог • (rog)
* light (of weight)

## Russian
### Alternative forms

* рогъ (rog) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rogъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rágas.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [rok]
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: рок (rok)
* Rhymes: -ok

### Noun

рог • (rog) m inan (genitive ро́га, nominative plural рога́, genitive plural рого́в, relational adjective рогово́й, diminutive рожо́к)
* horn
    согну́ть в бара́ний рог ― sognútʹ v baránij rog ― to twist someone to one's will
    наставля́ть рога ― nastavljátʹ roga ― to cuckold
    ро́г изоби́лия ― róg izobílija ― horn of plenty, cornucopia
* antler
* bugle

#### Usage notes

The irregular plural рога́ is actually an old dual form.

#### Declension

$^△$Irregular.

#### Derived terms

* носоро́г (nosoróg)
* единоро́г (jedinoróg)
* козеро́г (kozeróg)

#### Related terms

* безро́гий (bezrógij)
* отро́г (otróg)
* рога́тый (rogátyj)
* рогоно́сец (rogonósec)
* рожо́к (rožók)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rogъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rágas.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rôːɡ/

### Noun

ро̑г m (Latin spelling rȏg)
* horn
* antler
* cornucopia

#### Derived terms

* но̏сорог
* ро̀гат
* ро̀жнат

### Further reading

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