mág

See also: mag, màg, måg, and Mag.

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Latin magi, nominative plural of magus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmaːk]
  • Rhymes: -aːk

Noun

mág m anim (feminine 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

See also

Further reading
  • mág in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • mág in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • mág in Internetová jazyková příručka

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”)[1]; 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
  • mágach (“having paws; heavy-footed, clumsy”)
  • mágaí (“heavy-footed, sluggish, person; creeper, dawdler”)
  • mágán (“little paw”)

References
  1. MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “màg”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN

Further reading

Kaingang

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mʌŋ/, [ᵐbʌɡŋ]

Adjective

mág

  1. big
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