mag

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See also: mág, màg, måg, and Mag.

English

Pronunciation

  • Audio (AU):(file)
  • 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

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 (plural magë, definite magu, definite plural magët)

  1. rabbit, hinnulus

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 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)

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Template:R:GDCL

Danish

Noun

mag c or n

  1. rest

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

mag

  1. (deprecated template usage) first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of mogen
  2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of mogen

German

Pronunciation

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  • audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːk, -ax
  • Homophone: mach (nonstandard)

Verb

mag

  1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of mögen.
  2. (deprecated template usage) 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

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
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		magé magoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		magéi magokéi
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
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		— magvaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		— magvakéi
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 Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ mag in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch maag (“stomach”).

Noun

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

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

Noun

mag n (genitive maige, nominative plural maige)

  1. a plain, field

Declension

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: má
  • Scottish Gaelic: magh

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

mag m pers

  1. wizard

Declension

Declension of mag
singular plural
nominative mag magowie
genitive maga magów
dative magowi magom
accusative maga magów
instrumental magiem magami
locative magu magach
vocative magu magowie

Synonyms

Further reading

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

Declension of mag
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) mag magul (niște) magi magii
genitive/dative (unui) mag magului (unor) magi magilor
vocative magule magilor

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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

Noun

mag m (uncountable)

  1. fry (young fish)
    Synonym: silod

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
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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