mac
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: măk, IPA(key): /mæk/
- Rhymes: -æk
Etymology 1
Clipping of mackintosh.
Translations
Etymology 2
Clipping of macaroni.
Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mak/
Etymology 1
Etymology 2
Further reading
- “mac” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makkʷos, a variant of *makʷos (“son”), (compare Welsh mab, Gaulish mapos, Maponos).
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Aran) IPA(key): /mˠɑk/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /mˠaːk/
- (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /mˠak/
Noun
Declension
First declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Coordinate terms
- iníon (“daughter”)
Derived terms
- leanbh mic (“young son”)
- mac an daba m (“ring finger”)
- millteán mic (“prodigal son”)
- oidhre mic (“male heir”)
- páiste mic (“young son”)
- An tAthair-Mhac
- Dia an Mac
- garmhac
- leasmhac
- mac léinn
- macra
- mac rí
- mac tíre
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
mac | mhac | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "mac" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 mac, macc”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
K'iche'
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makkʷos, a variant of *makʷos (“son”), perhaps, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“long, thin”).
Derived terms
Mutation
Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
mac | vac | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 mac, macc”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mak/
Etymology 1
From a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *makъ (“poppy”), compare Serbo-Croatian and Polish mak.
Declension
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makkʷos, a variant of *makʷos (“son”), perhaps, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“long, thin”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [maʰk], [maxk]
Noun
Derived terms
- macail (“filial”, adjective)
- mac-an-aba m (“ring finger”)
- uchd-mhac m (“adopted son”)
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
mac | mhac |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 mac, macc”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN