mag
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æɡ
Noun
mag (plural mags)
- (colloquial, abbreviation) magazine, the publication or ammunition
- (colloquial, abbreviation) magnet
- (colloquial, abbreviation) mag wheel
- brand new tires and steel style factory mags
- (astronomy, abbreviation) magnitude
- (colloquial, law) magistrate
Verb
mag (third-person singular simple present mags, present participle magging, simple past and past participle magged)
- (transitive, obsolete, slang) To steal.
Derived terms
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maχ/
Etymology 1
From Dutch mogen, from Middle Dutch mogen, from Old Dutch mugan, from Proto-Germanic *maganą, from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-, *megʰ-.
Etymology 2
From Dutch macht, from Middle Dutch macht, from Old Dutch *maht, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis.
Albanian
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].
References
- 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].
Related terms
References
- Institut d’Estudis Catalans (1995). Diccionari de la llengua catalana (4th edition). →ISBN.
Danish
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɑx
- IPA(key): /mɑx/
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maːk/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /max/ (chiefly colloquial, northern Germany, central Germany)
audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːk, -ax
- Homophone: mach (nonstandard)
Gothic
Hungarian
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *muŋkɜ (“body”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɒɡ]
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
- atommag
- barackmag
- cseresznyemag
- fűmag
- magfizika
- magfúzió
- maghasadás
- maghéj
- magtár
- magvetés
- magömlés
- rendszermag
- sejtmag
- szezámmag
- tökmag
- vetőmag
References
- Entry #563 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
- Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
Indonesian
Noun
mag (plural mag-mag, first-person possessive magku, second-person possessive magmu, third-person possessive magnya)
Further reading
- “mag” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
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/
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:
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Derived terms
- i mmach (“outward”)
- i mmaig (“outside”)
Polish
Etymology
From Latin magus, from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mak/
Audio (file)
Declension
Synonyms
Romanian
Etymology
From Greek μάγος (mágos), partly through Slavic (Bulgarian маг (mag)), and partly through Latin magus.