Primitive Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *makkʷos, a variant of *makʷos (son) (compare Welsh mab, Gaulish mapos, Maponos), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (long, thin) (compare Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, long), Latin macer (thin).

Noun

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ᚋᚐᚊᚔ (maqim (genitive)

  1. son

Quotations

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᚛ᚐᚂᚐᚈᚈᚑᚄ ᚋᚐᚊᚔ ᚁᚏ᚜ (alattos maqi br)

Descendants

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  • Old Irish: macc (genitive singular maiccL, meicc)