mag

See also: Mag and Appendix:Variations of "mag"

Translingual

Symbol

mag

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Magahi.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæɡ/

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• Rhymes: -æɡ

Etymology 1

Noun

mag (plural mags)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of magazine.

   NY Mag ― New York Magazine

   stash of porno mags

2. (colloquial) Clipping of magnet.
3. (colloquial, automotive) Ellipsis of mag wheel.

   brand new tires and steel-style factory mags

4. (astronomy) Clipping of magnitude.
5. (colloquial, law) Clipping of magistrate.
6. (colloquial) Clipping of magnetometer.
   • 2010, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, Legislative Branch Appropriations for 2011: Hearings..., page 171:

     The policy is that all staff entering the Capitol are required to go through the mags whether or not they are with a Member of Congress.

   • 2022 June 28, Luke Broadwater, Michael S. Schmidt, quoting Donald Trump, “Trump Urged Armed Supporters to Capitol, White House Aide Testifies”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     “Take the f-ing mags away. Let my people in. They can march to the Capitol from here.”

Derived terms

• bongo mag
• fag mag
• girlie mag
• girly mag
• jazz mag
• K-Mag
• lad mag
• mag book
• mag dump
• mag-slip
• mag slip
• mag tape
• porno mag
• skin mag
• stroke mag
• tit mag

 

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

• magsman
• magpie

Etymology 3

Noun

mag (plural mags)

1. (UK, slang, obsolete) A halfpenny.
   • 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:

     "Why, of course you wanted to get in," Mr. Bucket asserts with cheerfulness; "but for a old gentleman at your time of life […] not to consider that if he don't keep such a business as the present as close as possible it can't be worth a mag to him, is so curious! You see your temper got the better of you; that's where you lost ground," says Mr. Bucket in an argumentative and friendly way.

   • 1861, Philip William Perfitt, The Pathfinder, page 377:

     When all your tin is gone and spent,
     And you've not a mag for bread or rent

Anagrams

• AGM, GMA, Gam., MGA, gam

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-.

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

• mang, makth

Etymology

Denasalized variant of mang.

Noun

mag m (plural magë, definite magu, definite plural magët)

1. rabbit, hinny

Declension

Declension of mag

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	mag	magë	magu	magët
accusative			magun
dative	magu	magëve	magut	magëvet
ablative		magësh

Related terms

• makth
• meksh

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin magus, from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos). First attested in 1803.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈmak]

Noun

mag m (plural mags, feminine maga)

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

Related terms

• màgic
• Reis Mags

Further reading

• “mag” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mag”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “mag” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mag” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German mak (“ease, calm”), related to Old Saxon makon (“to make”).

Noun

mag c or n

1. rest

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑx
• IPA^(key): /mɑx/

Verb

mag

1. inflection of mogen:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːk/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /max/ (northern and central Germany, now chiefly colloquial)

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• Rhymes: -aːk, -ax
• Homophone: mach (regional only)

Verb

mag

1. first/third-person singular present of mögen

Gothic

Romanization

mag

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌲

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *muŋkɜ (“body”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒɡ]
• Rhymes: -ɒɡ

Noun

mag (plural magok)

1. seed, pip, stone, pit, core (the central part of fruits)
2. kernel, core, nucleus (the most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence)
3. Ellipsis of processzormag (“core”, an individual computer processor).

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

• maga
• magocska
• magos
• magoz
• magtalan
• magvas
• magzat

 

Compound words with this term at the beginning

• magfizika
• magfúzió
• maghasadás
• magház
• maghéj
• magömlés
• magtár
• magvetés

 

Compound words with this term at the end

• atommag
• barackmag
• cseresznyemag
• fenyőmag
• fűmag
• mustármag
• napraforgómag
• processzormag
• rendszermag
• sejtmag
• szezámmag
• tökmag
• vetőmag

 

Further reading

• mag in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch maag (“stomach”), from Middle Dutch māge, from Old Dutch *mago, from Proto-Germanic *magô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑh/, /ˈmɑx/
• Hyphenation: mag
• Homophone: maag

Noun

mag (first-person possessive magku, second-person possessive magmu, third-person possessive magnya)

1. (colloquial, rare) stomach

   Synonym: lambung

2. (colloquial) gastritis

Alternative forms

• maag

Further reading

• “mag” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) ma'g

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mako. Related to Finnish maha.

Noun

mag

1. stomach
2. belly

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	magN	magN	maigeL
Vocative	magN	magN	maigeL
Accusative	magN	magN	maigeL
Genitive	maigeL	maige	maigeN
Dative	maigL, muigL	maigib	maigib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• ármag
• i mmach
• i mmaig

 

Descendants

• Irish: má
• Scottish Gaelic: magh

Mutation

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

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mag”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 253

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak/

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• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: mag
• Homophone: mak

Noun

mag m pers

1. (occult) wizard (person skilled with magic)

   Synonyms: czarodziej, czarownik

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

Further reading

• mag in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mag in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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

Related terms

• magie

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 1

Back-formation from magu (“to rear; to breed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːɡ/

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.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɡ/

Noun

mag

1. Nasal mutation of bag.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bag	fag	mag	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Wolof

Pronunciation

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Noun

mag (definite form mag ji)

1. older sibling

   Antonym: rakk