mág

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mag"

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Latin magi, nominative plural of magus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaːk]
• Rhymes: -aːk

Noun

mág m anim (female equivalent mážka)

1. (literary) magician, wizard, sorcerer, mage
2. wizard (one who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field)

Declension

Declension of mág (velar masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	mág	mágové
genitive	mága	mágů
dative	mágovi, mágu	mágům
accusative	mága	mágy
vocative	mágu	mágové
locative	mágovi, mágu	mázích
instrumental	mágem	mágy

Related terms

• magický
• magie

 

See also

• čaroděj

Further reading

• “mág”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “mág”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “mág”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Icelandic

Noun

mág

1. indefinite accusative singular of mágur

Irish

Etymology

MacBain derives it from a Proto-Celtic *mankā, from *man- (“hand”), and thus cognate with Latin manus (“hand”); however, Proto-Celtic *mankā would give Irish **méag, not mág.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mˠɑːɡ/

Noun

mág f (genitive singular máige, nominative plural mága)

1. paw

Synonyms

• lapa

Related terms

• mágach (“having paws; heavy-footed, clumsy”)
• mágaí (“heavy-footed, sluggish, person; creeper, dawdler”)
• mágán (“little paw”)

Further reading

• mág in Foclóir Uí Dhónaill, available online at teanglann.ie

Kaingang

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʌŋ/, [ᵐbʌɡŋ]

Adjective

mág

1. big