trog
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Short for troglodyte.
Noun
trog (plural trogs)
- (slang, UK) A hooligan, lout.
- 1984, Martin Amis, Money, Vintage, published 2005, page 253:
- ‘I'm sharing a cell with a couple of trogs who make you look like the swan of Avon.’
Etymology 2
Unknown.
Verb
trog (third-person singular simple present trogs, present participle trogging, simple past and past participle trogged)
- (slang) To walk laboriously; to trudge.
- 2015, David Mitchell, Slade House:
- So down Westwood Road I trogged, looking left, looking right, searching high and low for Slade Alley.
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Etymology
Noun
trog (plural trôe)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch troch, from Old Dutch *trog, from Proto-West Germanic *trog, from Proto-Germanic *trugą, *trugaz (compare West Frisian trôch, English trough, German Trog, Swedish tråg), from Proto-Indo-European *dru-kó (compare Middle Irish drochta (“wooden basin”), Old Armenian տարգալ (targal, “ladle, spoon”)), enlargement of *dóru (“tree”).
Pronunciation
Noun
trog m (plural troggen, diminutive trogje n)
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Pronunciation
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Verb
trog
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
trog n (genitive singular trogs, nominative plural trog)
Declension
| Declension of trog | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n-s | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | trog | trogið | trog | trogin |
| accusative | trog | trogið | trog | trogin |
| dative | trogi | troginu | trogum | trogunum |
| genitive | trogs | trogsins | troga | troganna |
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Etymology
From Old Irish do·furgaib.
Verb
trog (verbal noun troggal, past participle troggit)
- to lift, raise, hoist, raise up, elevate, heave (as shoulders), boost
- to gather up
- to rig up, construct, build
- to elaborate
- to input
- to take
- to invoke
- to wind, winch
- to put up
- to breed
- to rear, nurture, train (as child)
- to arise
- to pull in
- to set in rows
- to sing up
- to harvest
- to rally
- to pick up
- to freshen (of wind)
- to contract (as disease)
- to pick off
Derived terms
Mutation
Pronunciation
Noun
trog n (definite singular troget, indefinite plural trog, definite plural troga)
Inflection
Historical inflection of trog
Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. 2superseded by trau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *trog, from Proto-Germanic *trugaz. Related to Dutch trog, German Trog, Icelandic trog.
Pronunciation
Noun
trog m
- trough
- Þā swīn ǣton of þām troge.
- The pigs ate from the trough.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | trog | trogas |
| accusative | trog | trogas |
| genitive | troges | troga |
| dative | troge | trogum |
Declension of trog (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
- ċilda trog
- ċildtrog
- lēactrog
- wīntrog
Descendants
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *trugą, *trugaz.
Noun
trog n
Declension
Declension of trog (strong a-stem)
Descendants
References
- “trog”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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