острог

Bulgarian

стог слама с набит острог

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔstrok]

Noun

о́строг • (óstrog) m

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

Related terms

• остре́ц (ostréc, “sharp part of razor, blade”)
• остри́ка (ostríka), остри́ца (ostríca, “sedge grass”)
• остру́га (ostrúga, “spatula”) (dialectal)

References

• “острог”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “о́строгъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 392
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “острог”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 949

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈstrok]

Etymology 1

Noun

остро́г • (ostróg) m inan (genitive остро́га, nominative plural остро́ги, genitive plural остро́гов)

1. (historical) stockaded town
2. (dated) jail, gaol

Declension

Declension of остро́г (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	остро́г ostróg	остро́ги ostrógi
genitive	остро́га ostróga	остро́гов ostrógov
dative	остро́гу ostrógu	остро́гам ostrógam
accusative	остро́г ostróg	остро́ги ostrógi
instrumental	остро́гом ostrógom	остро́гами ostrógami
prepositional	остро́ге ostróge	остро́гах ostrógax

Descendants

• ⇒ Yiddish: אָסטראָגניק (ostrognik)

Etymology 2

Noun

остро́г • (ostróg) f inan pl

1. genitive plural of острога́ (ostrogá)