mag

See also: Mag and Appendix:Variations of "mag"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Magahi, from Hindi मगधीय (magdhīya).

Symbol

mag

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Magahi terms

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæɡ/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• 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.

   Get the mag in there to clear away the scrap.

3. (colloquial, especially medicine) Clipping of magnesium.

   She looks fine on physical exam, but I don't like these low mag levels.

4. (colloquial, automotive) Ellipsis of mag wheel.

   brand new tires and factory-original mags

5. (astronomy) Clipping of magnitude.
6. (colloquial, law) Clipping of magistrate.
7. (colloquial) Clipping of magnetometer.

   mag hits

   Some marine salvagers might be interested in these unusual mag hits.

   • 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^[1], →ISSN:

     “Take the f-ing mags away. Let my people in. They can march to the Capitol from here.”

Derived terms

• bongo mag
• discmag
• diskmag
• fag mag
• girlie mag
• girly mag
• jazz mag
• K-Mag
• lad mag
• ladymag
• mag book
• mag dump
• mag-slip
• mag slip
• mag tape
• porno mag
• skin mag
• stroke mag
• tit mag
• webmag

Etymology 2

From Mag, a nickname for Margaret.

Verb

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

1. (transitive, obsolete, thieves' cant) To steal.
2. (intransitive, obsolete, thieves' cant) To talk.
   • 2015, Eric Lambert, The Twenty Thousand Thieves:

     "Is that why you're always magging with Pascoe?" Horrible John went on. […] "So that's why you and him are always talking. And here's me thinkin' you was crawlin' for stripes."

Derived terms

• magsman
• magpie

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

• MGA, GMA, Gam., AMG, gma, GAM, AGM, gam

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

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mang, makth

Etymology

Denasalized variant of mang.

Noun

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

1. rabbit, hinny

Declension

Declension of mag

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mag	magu	magë	magët
accusative		magun
dative	magu	magut	magëve	magëve
ablative			magësh

Related terms

• makth
• meksh

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmak]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

mag m (plural mags, feminine maga, feminine plural magues)

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

Related terms

• màgic
• Reis Mags

Further reading

• “mag”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “mag”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “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.

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

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑx
• IPA^(key): /mɑx/

Verb

mag

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

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːk/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ma(ː)x/ (northern and central Germany, now chiefly colloquial)

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːk, -aːx, -ax
• Homophone: mach (regional)

Verb

mag

1. first/third-person singular present of mögen

Gothic

Romanization

mag

1. romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌲

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *moŋke (“body”). Cognates include Komi-Zyrian мыг (myg, “waist of women's clothing”), мыгӧр (mygör, “body, silhouette, torso”) and Eastern Mari могыр (mogyr, “body, figure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒɡ]
• Rhymes: -ɒɡ

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)
4. sperm

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

• maga
• magocska
• magos
• magoz
• magtalan
• magvas
• magzat

Compound words with this term at the beginning

• magfizika
• magfúzió
• maghasadás
• magház
• maghéj
• magömlés
• magtár
• magvetés

Compound words with this term at the end

• atommag
• barackmag
• cseresznyemag
• fenyőmag
• fűmag
• mustármag
• napraforgómag
• processzormag
• rendszermag
• sejtmag
• szezámmag
• tökmag
• vetőmag

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• maag (nonstandard)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch maag (“stomach”), from Middle Dutch māge, from Old Dutch *mago, from Proto-Germanic *magô.

Pronunciation

• (colloquial, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˈmah/ [ˈmah], /ˈmax/ [ˈmax], /ˈmaɣ/ [ˈmaɣ]

Noun

mag

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

   Synonym: lambung

Further reading

• “mag”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Noun

mag m

1. alternative form of mag.: abbreviation of maggio (“May”)

   Coordinate terms: gen, feb, mar, apr, giu, lug, ago, set, ott, nov, dic

Livonian

Alternative forms

• mag (Salaca)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mako. Related to Finnish maha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑˀɡ/, [ˈmɑˀɡ̥]

Noun

ma’g

1. stomach
2. belly

Declension

Declension of ma’g (74)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	ma’g	magūd
genitive (genitīv)	ma’g	magūd
partitive (partitīv)	ma’ggõ	magīdi
dative (datīv)	ma’ggõn	magūdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	ma’gkõks	magūdõks
illative (illatīv)	ma’ggõ	ma’gži
inessive (inesīv)	ma’gsõ	ma’gši
elative (elatīv)	ma’gstõ	ma’gšti

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “ma’g”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[2] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

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): /ˈmaɣ/

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

• ármag
• i mmach
• i mmaig

Descendants

• Irish: má
• Scottish Gaelic: magh

Mutation

Mutation of mag

radical	lenition	nasalization
mag also mmag in h-prothesis environments	mag pronounced with /β̃-/	mag also mmag

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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

Polish

mag sense 1

magowie sense 3

magowie sense 4

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin magus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmak/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: mag
• Homophones: mak, Mak

Noun

mag m pers

2. (folklore, fantasy) magician, wizard, sorcerer, conjurer, mage, magus (person who plays with or practices allegedly supernatural magic)

   Synonyms: czarnoksiężnik, czarodziej, czarownik

3. (figurative) magician, wizard (person who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field)

   Synonyms: cudotwórca, czarodziej

5. (historical, Zoroastrianism) magus (priest in Zoroastrianism and earlier Iranian religions)

   Hypernym: kapłan

7. (biblical, Christianity) Magus (one of the three Biblical Magi who visit Jesus after his birth, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh in homage to him)

Declension

Declension of mag

	singular	plural
nominative	mag	magowie/magi (deprecative)
genitive	maga	magów
dative	magowi	magom
accusative	maga	magów
instrumental	magiem	magami
locative	magu	magach
vocative	magu	magowie/magi (deprecative)

Related terms

adjectives

• magiczny

adverbs

• magicznie

nouns

• magia
• magiczka
• magiczność
• magik

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek μάγος (mágos) (and perhaps partly through Old Church Slavonic магъ (magŭ)), from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos). Also more recently borrowed in part from Latin magus, itself of the same Greek origin.

Noun

mag m (plural magi)

1. magus (priest in some ancient eastern cultures, like Iranian/Zoroastrian)
2. (Christianity) one of the three kings or Magi who visited the baby Jesus
3. (figuratively) by extension, an envoy, messenger, herald, announcer

   Synonyms: sol, vestitor

4. wizard, magician, sorceror

   Synonyms: vrăjitor, magician

5. astrologer (or one who predicts the future through the stars), seer

   Synonym: astrolog

6. wise man; philosopher

   Synonyms: învățat, filozof

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mag	magul		magi	magii
genitive-dative	mag	magului		magi	magilor
vocative	magule			magilor

Related terms

• magic
• magie
• amăgi

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

• IPA^(key): /maːɡ/

Noun

mag m (uncountable)

1. fry (young fish)

   Synonym: silod

Mutation

Mutated forms of mag

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mag	fag	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɡ/

Noun

mag

1. nasal mutation of bag

Mutation

Mutated forms of bag

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bag	fag	mag	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Wolof

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

mag (definite form mag ji)

1. older sibling

   Antonym: rakk