mag

See also: mág, màg, måg, and Mag.

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æɡ

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

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

From Dutch mogen.

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.

Noun

mag (plural magte)

  1. might; power

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *magu, from Proto-Indo-European *mh2ghu- 'young animal, cub, youngster'. Cognate to Gothic magus (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].

Noun

mag m (plural mags, feminine maga)

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

References

Danish

Noun

mag c, n

  1. rest

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio(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)
  • audio(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

References

  1. ↑ Entry #563 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  2. ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mak/
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophone: mak

Noun

mag m pers

  1. mage, wizard

Declension

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

Verb

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

  1. mock, deride
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