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mag

See also: mág, màg, måg, and Mag.

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

mag (plural mags)

  1. (colloquial, abbreviation) magazine, the publication or ammunition
  2. (colloquial, abbreviation) magnet
  3. (colloquial, abbreviation) mag wheel
    brand new tires and steel style factory mags
  4. (astronomy, abbreviation) magnitude
  5. (colloquial, law) magistrate

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

mag (third-person singular simple present mags, present participle magging, simple past and past participle magged)

  1. (transitive, obsolete, slang) To steal.
Derived termsEdit

AnagramsEdit

AfrikaansEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Dutch mogen, from Middle Dutch mogen, from Old Dutch mugan, from Proto-Germanic *maganą, from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-, *megʰ-.

VerbEdit

mag (present mag, past mog)

  1. may, might
Usage notesEdit

The preterite form mog is archaic and rarely used.

Etymology 2Edit

From Dutch macht, from Middle Dutch macht, from Old Dutch *maht, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis.

NounEdit

mag (plural magte)

  1. might; power

AlbanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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].

NounEdit

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

  1. rabbit, hinnulus
Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.254

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin magus, from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos). Attested 1803[1].

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mag m (plural mags, feminine maga)

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

Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ http://www.diccionari.cat/lexicx.jsp?GECART=0084781

DanishEdit

NounEdit

mag c or n

  1. rest

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • Audio
    		(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑx
  • IPA(key): /mɑx/

VerbEdit

mag

  1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of mogen
  2. imperative of mogen

GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

mag

  1. First-person singular present of mögen.
  2. Third-person singular present of mögen.

GothicEdit

RomanizationEdit

mag

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌲

HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *muŋkɜ (“body”).[1][2]

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mag (plural magok)

  1. seed, pip
  2. kernel, core

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

Compound words

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Entry #563 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  2. ^ Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

IndonesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch maag (“stomach”).

NounEdit

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

  1. (colloquial) stomach
  2. (colloquial) gastritis

Alternative formsEdit

Further readingEdit

LivonianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Related to Finnish maha.

NounEdit

mag

  1. stomach

Old IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Celtic *magos (“plain, field”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”) (compare Sanskrit मही (mahī́, “earth”) from the same root).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mag n (genitive maige, nominative plural maige)

  1. a plain, field

DeclensionEdit

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:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mag m pers

  1. wizard

DeclensionEdit

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

SynonymsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • mag in Polish dictionaries at PWN

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Greek μάγος (mágos), partly through Slavic (Bulgarian маг (mag)), and partly through Latin magus.

NounEdit

mag m (plural magi)

  1. magus, wise man

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

Scottish GaelicEdit

EtymologyEdit

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VerbEdit

mag (past mhag, future magaidh, verbal noun magadh, past participle magte)

  1. mock, deride

WelshEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mag m (uncountable)

  1. fry (young fish)
    Synonym: silod

MutationEdit

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.
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