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mac
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: m?k, IPA(key): /mæk/
- Rhymes: -æk
Etymology 1
Clipping of mackintosh.
Noun
mac (plural macs)
- Clipping of mackintosh (“a raincoat”).
Translations
Etymology 2
Clipping of macaroni.
Noun
mac (uncountable)
- (Canada, US, slang) Clipping of macaroni.
- Is there any mac and cheese left?
Derived terms
- mac 'n' cheese
Anagrams
- ACM, AMC, C.M.A., CAM, CMA, Cam, MCA, cam
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mak/
Etymology 1
Noun
mac m (plural macs)
- (colloquial, slang) Clipping of maquereau (“pimp”).
Etymology 2
Noun
mac m (plural macs)
- (colloquial, computing) Clipping of Macintosh.
Further reading
- “mac” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ????? (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makk?os, a variant of *mak?os (“son”) (compare Welsh mab, Gaulish mapos, Maponos).
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Aran) IPA(key): /m??k/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /m?a?k/
- (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /m?ak/
Noun
mac m (genitive singular mic, nominative plural mic)
- son
- A common prefix of many Irish and Scottish names, signifying "son of".
Declension
Coordinate terms
- iníon (“daughter”)
Derived terms
Mutation
Further reading
- "mac" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 mac, macc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
K'iche'
Noun
mac
- (Classical K'iche') sin
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ????? (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makk?os, a variant of *mak?os (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh??- (“to raise, increase”).
Noun
mac m (genitive singular mic, plural mec)
- son
Derived terms
- mac-
Mutation
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 mac, macc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Middle Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ????? (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makk?os, a variant of *mak?os (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh??- (“to raise, increase”).
Noun
mac m (genitive mic, nominative plural mic)
- son
Descendants
- Irish: mac
- Manx: mac
- Scottish Gaelic: mac
Mutation
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 mac, macc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *makkos. Cognate with Welsh mach.
Noun
mac m
- bond, surety
Inflection
Mutation
References
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “2 mac(c)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mak/
Etymology 1
From a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *mak? (“poppy”), compare Serbo-Croatian and Polish mak.
Noun
mac m (plural maci)
- poppy
Declension
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic.
Interjection
mac
- quack (sound made by ducks)
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ????? (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makk?os, a variant of *mak?os (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh??- (“to raise, increase”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ma?k], [maxk]
Noun
mac m (genitive singular mic, plural mic)
- son
- Commonly used as a prefix of Irish and Scottish surnames, meaning son.
- MacDhòmhnaill (“MacDonald”, literally “son of Donald, Donaldson”)
Derived terms
Mutation
References
- “mac” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 mac, macc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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