plog

See also: płög

Albanian

Alternative forms

• plogë

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁-go. Compare Welsh ôl (“track”), Lithuanian pulkas (“crowd”), Old Church Slavonic plŭkŭ (“army division”), Old English folc (“people, nation, army”).

Noun

plog m (plural plogje, definite plogu, definite plural plogjet)

1. haystack, hayrick

Synonyms

• mullar

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish ploug, older spelling of plov, from Old Norse plógr. The pronunciation is based on native Norwegian dialects.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pluːɡ]

Noun

plog m (definite singular plogen, indefinite plural ploger, definite plural plogene)

1. a plough, plow

Derived terms

• snøplog

Related terms

• pløye

References

• “plog” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse plógr. Akin to English plough.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pluːɡ/

Noun

plog m (definite singular plogen, indefinite plural plogar, definite plural plogane)

1. a plow (US) or plough (UK)

Derived terms

• snøplog

References

• “plog” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Alternative forms

• plōh

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *plōgaz, *plōguz (“plough”). Compare Old Frisian ploch, Old High German pfluog, Old Norse plógr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ploːɡ/, [ploːɣ]

Noun

plōg m

1. the measure of land that can be ploughed in one day, ploughland

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	plōg	plōgas
accusative	plōg	plōgas
genitive	plōges	plōga
dative	plōge	plōgum

Descendants

• Middle English: plough, ploug, plouh, plogh, plog, ploh, ploch, plugh, pleugh, plue, pleu (northern)
  • English: plough, plow (US) (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: pleuch, plou
  • Yola: pleough, plowe, plou

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse plógr, from Proto-Germanic *plōgaz, *plōguz.

Noun

plog c

1. a plow (US) or plough (UK)

Declension

Declension of plog

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	plog	plogs
	definite	plogen	plogens
plural	indefinite	plogar	plogars
	definite	plogarna	plogarnas

Derived terms

• minplog
• plogbil
• plogdjur
• snöplog

 

Related terms

• ploga

Further reading

• plog in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• plog in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)