ᚋᚐᚊᚔ

Primitive Irish

Alternative forms

• ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi), ᚋᚐᚊ (maq), ᚋᚐᚉᚉᚔ (macci)

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *makkʷos, a variant of *makʷos (“son”) (compare Welsh mab, Gaulish mapos, Maponos), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“long, thin”) (compare Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”), Latin macer (“thin”).

Noun

ᚋᚐᚊᚔ (maqi) m (genitive)

1. son

Quotations

᚛ᚐᚂᚐᚈᚈᚑᚄ ᚋᚐᚊᚔ ᚁᚏ᚜ (alattos maqi br)

Descendants

• Old Irish: macc (genitive singular maicc^L, meicc)
  • Middle Irish: mac
    • Irish: mac
    • Manx: mac
    • Scottish Gaelic: mac