English

Noun

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

Anagrams

• AGM, gam, gma

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

From Dutch mogen.

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.

Noun

mag ‎(plural magte)

1. might; power

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mang, makth

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *magu, from Proto-Indo-European *mh2ghu- 'young animal, cub, youngster'. Cognate to Gothic magus ‎(magus, “boy, lad”), Old Irish macc ‎(“son”)^[1].

Noun

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

1. rabbit, hinnulus

Related terms

• makth
• meksh

References

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

Catalan

Etymology

Latin magus

Noun

mag m ‎(plural mags, feminine maga)

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

Related terms

• Reis Mags

References

• Institut d'Estudis Catalans (1995). Diccionari de la llengua catalana (4th edition). ISBN 84-412-2477-3.

Danish

Noun

mag c, n

1. rest

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑx
• IPA^(key): /mɑx/

Verb

mag

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

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

Gothic

Romanization

mag

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌲

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒɡ]

Noun

mag ‎(plural magok)

1. seed, pip
2. kernel, core

Declension

Variant plural and possessive forms:

Derived terms

• magtalan
• magvas
• magzat

(Compound words):

• atommag
• cseresznyemag
• rendszermag
• szezámmag

References

1. ↑ Entry #563 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
2. ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6

Lojban

Rafsi

mag

1. rafsi of margu.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak/
• Homophone: mak

Noun

mag m pers

1. mage, wizard

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

mag m ‎(plural magi)

1. magus, wise man

Declension

Related terms

• magie

Scottish Gaelic

Verb

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

1. mock, deride