mag

English Online Dictionary. What means mag‎? What does mag mean?

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æɡ

Etymology 1

Noun

mag (plural mags)

1. (colloquial, abbreviation) magazine (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

Derived terms

• mag dump

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

Anagrams

• AGM, GMA, Gam., MGA, gam

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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

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Albanian

Alternative forms

• mang, makth

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *magu, from Proto-Indo-European *mh̥₂gʰu- (“young animal, cub, youngster”). Cognate to Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌿𐍃 (magus, “boy, lad”), Old Irish macc (“son”).

Noun

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

1. rabbit, hinny

Declension

Related terms

• makth
• meksh

References

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Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /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.
• “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.

References

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Danish

Etymology

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

Noun

mag c or n

1. rest

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑx
• IPA^(key): /mɑx/

Verb

mag

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

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːk/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /max/ (chiefly colloquial, northern Germany, central Germany)
• Rhymes: -aːk, -ax
• Homophone: mach (nonstandard)

Verb

mag

1. first/third-person singular present of mögen

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Gothic

Romanization

mag

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌲

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Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒɡ]
• Rhymes: -ɒɡ

Noun

mag (plural magok)

1. seed, pip
2. kernel, core

Declension

Variant plural and possessive forms:

Derived terms

References

Further reading

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

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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 (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) ma'g

Etymology

Related to Finnish maha.

Noun

mag

1. stomach
2. belly

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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

Derived terms

Descendants

• Irish: má
• Scottish Gaelic: magh

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mag”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ranko Matasović (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic^[2] (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 253

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Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak/
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: mag
• Homophone: mak

Noun

mag m pers

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

   Synonyms: czarodziej, czarownik

Declension

Further reading

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

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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

Related terms

• magie

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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

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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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɡ/

Noun

mag

1. Nasal mutation of bag.

Mutation

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Wolof

Noun

mag (definite form mag ji)

1. older sibling

   Antonym: rakk