mag

See also: mág, màg, måg, and Mag.

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æɡ

Etymology 1

Noun

mag (plural mags)

  1. (colloquial, abbreviation) magazine, the publication or ammunition
  2. (colloquial, abbreviation) magnet
  3. (colloquial, abbreviation) mag wheel
    brand new tires and steel style factory mags
  4. (astronomy, abbreviation) magnitude
  5. (colloquial, law) magistrate

Etymology 2

Verb

mag (third-person singular simple present mags, present participle magging, simple past and past participle magged)

  1. (transitive, obsolete, slang) To steal.
Derived terms

Anagrams


Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maχ/

Etymology 1

From Dutch mogen, from Middle Dutch mogen, from Old Dutch mugan, from Proto-Germanic *maganą, from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-, *megʰ-.

Verb

mag (present mag, past mog)

  1. may, might
Usage notes

The preterite form mog is archaic and rarely used.

Etymology 2

From Dutch macht, from Middle Dutch macht, from Old Dutch *maht, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis.

Noun

mag (plural magte)

  1. might; power

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *magu, from Proto-Indo-European *mh̥₂gʰu- (young animal, cub, youngster). Cognate to Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌿𐍃 (magus, boy, lad), Old Irish macc (son)[1].

Noun

mag m (indefinite plural magë, definite singular magu, definite plural magët)

  1. rabbit, hinnulus

References

  1. Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.254

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin magus, from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos). Attested 1803[1].

Pronunciation

Noun

mag m (plural mags, feminine maga)

  1. magician; wizard
  2. magus (Zoroastrian priest)

References


Danish

Noun

mag c or n

  1. rest

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑx
  • IPA(key): /mɑx/

Verb

mag

  1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of mogen
  2. imperative of mogen

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maːk/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /max/ (chiefly colloquial, northern Germany, central Germany)
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aːk, -ax
  • Homophone: mach (nonstandard)

Verb

mag

  1. First-person singular present of mögen.
  2. Third-person singular present of mögen.

Gothic

Romanization

mag

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌲

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *muŋkɜ (body).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒɡ]

Noun

mag (plural magok)

  1. seed, pip
  2. kernel, core

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative mag magok
accusative magot magokat
dative magnak magoknak
instrumental maggal magokkal
causal-final magért magokért
translative maggá magokká
terminative magig magokig
essive-formal magként magokként
essive-modal
inessive magban magokban
superessive magon magokon
adessive magnál magoknál
illative magba magokba
sublative magra magokra
allative maghoz magokhoz
elative magból magokból
delative magról magokról
ablative magtól magoktól
Possessive forms of mag
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. magom magjaim
2nd person sing. magod magjaid
3rd person sing. magja magjai
1st person plural magunk magjaink
2nd person plural magotok magjaitok
3rd person plural magjuk magjaik

Variant plural and possessive forms:

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative magvak
accusative magvakat
dative magvaknak
instrumental magvakkal
causal-final magvakért
translative magvakká
terminative magvakig
essive-formal magvakként
essive-modal
inessive magvakban
superessive magvakon
adessive magvaknál
illative magvakba
sublative magvakra
allative magvakhoz
elative magvakból
delative magvakról
ablative magvaktól
Possessive forms of mag
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. magvam magvaim
2nd person sing. magvad magvaid
3rd person sing. magva magvai
1st person plural magvunk magvaink
2nd person plural magvatok magvaitok
3rd person plural magvuk magvaik

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. Entry #563 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  2. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch maag (stomach).

Noun

mag (plural mag-mag, first-person possessive magku, second-person possessive magmu, third-person possessive magnya)

  1. (colloquial) stomach
  2. (colloquial) gastritis

Alternative forms

Further reading


Livonian

Alternative forms

  • (Courland) ma'g

Etymology

Related to Finnish maha.

Noun

mag

  1. stomach

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *magos (plain, field), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (big, great) (compare Sanskrit मही (mahī́, earth) from the same root).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maɣ/

Noun

mag n (genitive maige, nominative plural maige)

  1. a plain, field

Declension

Neuter s-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative mag magN maigeL
Vocative mag magN maigeL
Accusative mag magN maigeL
Genitive maigeH maigeN maigeN
Dative maigL maigib maigib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • i mmach (outward)
  • i mmaig (outside)

Descendants


Polish

Etymology

From Latin magus, from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mak/
  • (file)

Noun

mag m pers

  1. wizard

Declension

Synonyms

Further reading

  • mag in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From Greek μάγος (mágos), partly through Slavic (Bulgarian маг (mag)), and partly through Latin magus.

Noun

mag m (plural magi)

  1. magus, wise man

Declension


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Verb

mag (past mhag, future magaidh, verbal noun magadh, past participle magte)

  1. mock, deride

Welsh

Etymology

Back-formation from magu (to rear; to breed).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maːɡ/

Noun

mag m (uncountable)

  1. fry (young fish)
    Synonym: silod

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
mag fag unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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