# brod
## Czech
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbrot]
* Hyphenation: brod
* Rhymes: -ot

### Noun

brod m inan
* ford (location where a stream is shallow)

#### Related terms

* brodit
* přebrodit

### Further reading

* “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

### Anagrams

* drob

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse broddr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brɔd/, [b̥ʁʌð]

### Noun

brod c (singular definite brodden, plural indefinite brodde)
* sting, stinger

#### Inflection
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bˠɾˠod̪ˠ/

### Etymology 1

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”).

#### Noun

brod m (genitive singular broid, nominative plural broid)
* goad

##### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
brod
broid
vocative
a bhroid
a bhroda
genitive
broid
brod
dative
brod
broid
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an brod
na broid
genitive
an bhroid
na mbrod
dative
leis an mbrod don bhrod
leis na broid :

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

brod f (genitive singular broide, nominative plural broideanna)
* Alternative form of broid (“sting-fish”)

##### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
brod
broideanna
vocative
a bhrod
a bhroideanna
genitive
broide
broideanna
dative
brod
broideanna
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an bhrod
na broideanna
genitive
na broide
na mbroideanna
dative
leis an mbrod don bhrod
leis na broideanna :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* 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

## Lower Sorbian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *brodъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brɔt/

### Noun

brod m inan (diminutive brodk)
* ford (location where a stream is shallow)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* 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

## Manx
### Etymology

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”).

### Noun

brod m (genitive singular brod, plural brodyn)
* goad, spur, prick, nudge, jab, stimulus

#### Derived terms

* broddag

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

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

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* brode, brood

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brɔːd/

### Adjective

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

#### Descendants

* English: broad
* Scots: braid
* Yola: brode

#### References

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

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brōduz (“brood”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /broːd/

### Noun

brōd f
* brood
* hatching

#### Declension

Strong ō-stem:

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic бродъ (brodŭ).

### Noun

brod n (plural broduri)
* (Transylvania) ford (location where a stream is shallow)

#### Declension
### References

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

## Scots
### Etymology

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

### Noun

brod (plural brods)
* table

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

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”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾɔt/

### Noun

brod m (genitive singular bruid, plural brodan)
* best, choice part
* goad, prod, prick, spear, sting (anything sharp and pointed)

### Verb

brod (past bhrod, future brodaidh, verbal noun brodadh, past participle brodte)
* to goad, encourage
* to excite, stimulate
* to masturbate

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “brod”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 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

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brôːd/
* Rhymes: -rod

### Noun

brȏd m (Cyrillic spelling бро̑д, diminutive bròdīć, relational adjective bròdskī)
* ship
    Synonym: lađa
* (architecture) aisle
* (archaic) ford (location where a stream is shallow)

#### Derived terms

* bròdār
* bròdica
* bròdina
* bròditi
* bròdiv
* brȍdnīk
* brodogràdilīšte
* brodogràditelj
* brȍdolom
* brodòvina
* bròdōvlje
* ìzvanbrodskī
* jednòbrodan

### Further reading

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

## Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brodъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [brɔt]

### Noun

brod m inan (relational adjective brodový)
* ford, crossing, location where a stream is shallow

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “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

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *brodъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bróːt/

### Noun

brọ̑d m inan
* ford (location where a stream is shallow)

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

### Further reading

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