maige

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *magyos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yos, a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s.

Adjective

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maige

  1. great, mighty

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
maige
also mmaige after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
maige
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “maige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Swahili

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Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian [Term?].

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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maige (n class, plural maige)

  1. young locust (locust before it can fly)
    Synonym: kimatu