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Translingual

Symbol

mag

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

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mæɡ/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • 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, →ISSN:
      “Take the f-ing mags away. Let my people in. They can march to the Capitol from here.”
Derived terms

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

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

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

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

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

References

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

mag m (plural mags, feminine maga)

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

Related terms

References

  1. ^ “mag”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Further reading

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

Verb

mag

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

German

Pronunciation

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

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

Compound words with this term at the beginning
Compound words with this term at the end

References

  1. ^ Entry #563 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ mag in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

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

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

Further reading

Livonian

Alternative forms

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

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

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

Polish

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Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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

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

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

Noun

mag (definite form mag ji)

  1. older sibling
    Antonym: rakk
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