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Etymology
Symbol
rog
See also
English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle English roggen, ruggen, variation of rokken (“to rock”), from Old English roccian.
Verb
rog (third-person singular simple present rogs, present participle rogging, simple past and past participle rogged)
- (transitive, obsolete) To shake.
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
rog (uncountable)
- (slang) Intoxication through freebasing.
Etymology 3
Noun
rog (countable and uncountable, plural rogs)
- (law, informal) Synonym of interrogatory.
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɒdʒ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɹɑdʒ/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒdʒ
- Hyphenation: rog
Interjection
rog
- Synonym of roger.
Etymology 5
Noun
rog (plural rogs)
- Alternative letter-case form of ROG (“receipt of goods”).
Further reading
- “rog”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams
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Aromanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Verb
rog (third-person singular roagã, participle rugatã)
- to pray
Synonyms
Related terms
Bouyei
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *C̬.nokᴰ (“bird”). Cognate with Thai นก (nók), Northern Thai ᨶᩫ᩠ᨠ (nok), Lao ນົກ (nok), Tai Dam ꪶꪙꪀ, Lü ᦷᦓᧅ (nok), Shan ၼူၵ်ႉ (nṵ̂uk), Ahom 𑜃𑜤𑜀𑜫 (nuk), Zhuang roeg, Saek น็อก. Compare Proto-Austronesian *manuk (“bird; chicken”), Proto-Hmong-Mien *m-nɔk (“bird”).
Pronunciation
Noun
rog
- bird
- Synonym: duezrog
Derived terms
- duezrog
- rogbidt
- rogdauchuc
- rogeens
- roggaisgail
- roggaishaz
- rogganl
- roggoongcnul
- roggugtguz
- roggveeus
- roghaansgeaz
- roghaansyaangz
- rogjadtlih
- rogjadtlinh
- rogjauchaaul
- rogjaucmyaus
- rogjeeul
- rogjumc
- roglaic
- roglaxxiz
- rogmaxgagt
- rogqyas
- rogral
- rograul
- rogreenz
- rogroomc
- rogrues
- rogsianl
- rogsiusbyal
- rogsiusgoonl
- rogwagt
- rogwanlbyagt
- rogxeeul
- rogyahheh
- rogyahwih
- rogyinywuj
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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch rochge, rogge, possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rūhwaz (“rough”), referring to the fish's texture. Cognate with Middle Low German roche, ruche, Old English reohhe, ruhha, German Rochen.
Pronunciation
Noun
rog m (plural roggen, diminutive rogje n or roggetje n)
Derived terms
- blonde rog
- gevlekte rog
- golfrog
- kleinoogrog
- pijlstaartrog
- stekelrog
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: rog (dated)
References
- “rocka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish), 1937
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Lo-Toga
Etymology
From *raɣu, possibly an irregular reflex of Proto-Oceanic *quraŋ. Cognate with Hiw r̄og.
Pronunciation
Noun
rog
- crayfish, spiny lobster (Panulirus spp.)
- (astronomy) the constellation Musca.
References
- See p.198 of: François, Alexandre (2011). Social ecology and language history in the northern Vanuatu linkage: A tale of divergence and convergence. Journal of Historical Linguistics 1 (2): 175–246. →DOI.
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Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *rogъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rágas.
Pronunciation
Noun
rog m inan (diminutive rožk)
- horn (growth on the heads of certain animals; musical instrument)
- antler
- corner (space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; projection into space of an angle in a solid object)
Declension
Declension of rog
Derived terms
- rogac
- rogaty
- rogowaty
- rogowy
- rožack
- rožkaty
- rožkowaś
- rožny
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “rog”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “rog”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
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Romanian
Serbo-Croatian
Slovene
Zhuang
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