maga

Verb

maga

1. to feed

Noun

maga f (plural magues)

1. feminine equivalent of mag

Etymology

Attested in the 12th century in local Latin documents. From Suevic or Gothic, from Proto-Germanic *magô (“stomach”). Cognate of English maw.^[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɣa̝/

Noun

maga f (plural magas)

1. guts (of fish)
   • 1973, Álvaro Cunqueiro, A Cociña Galega. Vigo: Galaxia, p. 106:

     A sardiña fresca ou revenida, debe ir á parrilla enteira, con toda a súa maga ou tripa, e sin escamar

     The sardines, either fresh or salted, must be grilled with their guts or entrails, and with their scales

References

Further reading

• “maga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “maga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “maga” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “maga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒɡɒ]

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• Hyphenation: ma‧ga

Pronoun

maga (plural maguk)

1. (personal) you (formal, singular)

Pronoun

maga

1. (reflexive) oneself, himself, herself, itself

   Péter lelőtte magát. ― Peter has shot himself.

Noun

maga

1. indefinite accusative singular of magi
2. indefinite dative singular of magi
3. indefinite genitive singular of magi
4. indefinite accusative plural of magi
5. indefinite genitive plural of magi

Noun

maga f (plural maghe, masculine mago)

1. magician, sorceress, enchantress, conjurer
2. charmer, beguiler

Adjective

maga f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective mago.

Etymology

From English meager/meagre.

Adjective

maga

1. skinny

   Sorry fe maga dog, maga dog, turn round bite you — Peter Tosh, Maga Dog, 1964

Adjective

maga

1. nominative feminine singular of magus
2. nominative neuter plural of magus
3. accusative neuter plural of magus
4. vocative feminine singular of magus
5. nominative neuter plural of magus

magā

1. ablative feminine singular of magus

References

• maga in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• maga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Etymology 1

From the verb magan.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *magô, from Proto-Indo-European *mak- (“bag, belly”). Cognate with Old Frisian maga (West Frisian mage), Old Saxon mago (Low German mage), Middle Dutch maghe (Dutch maag), Old High German mago (German Magen), Old Norse magi (Swedish mage). The Indo-European root is also the source of Proto-Celtic *makno- (Welsh megin (“bellows”)), Proto-Slavic *mošьnā (Old Church Slavonic мошьна (mošĭna), Russian мошна (mošna, “pocket, bag”)), Baltic *maka- (Lithuanian mãkas (“purse”)).

Etymology 3

From Proto-Germanic *mēgô (“relative, in-law”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag'- (“to be able, help”). Cognate with Old Frisian mēch (“relative, kinsman”), Old Saxon māg (“a relation”), Old High German māg (“relative, kinsman”), Old Norse mágr (“father-in-law”), Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌲𐍃 (mēgs, “son-in-law”). More at may.

Etymology 4

Inflected forms.

Noun

maga f (plural magas)

1. feminine equivalent of mago

Adjective

maga

1. Feminine singular of adjective mago.

Noun

maga f (plural magas)

1. female magician, female conjurer

Adjective

maga

1. Feminine singular of adjective mago.