different between mag vs sag

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æ?

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

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?/

Etymology 1

From Dutch mogen, from Middle Dutch mogen, from Old Dutch mugan, from Proto-Germanic *magan?, from Proto-Indo-European *mag?-, *meg?-.

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 *móg?tis.

Noun

mag (plural magte)

1. might; power

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mang, makth

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *magu, from Proto-Indo-European *mh??g?u- (“young animal, cub, youngster”). Cognate to Gothic ???????????????????? (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

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?mak/

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

Danish

Noun

mag c or n

1. rest

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?x
• IPA^(key): /m?x/

Verb

mag

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

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?k/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /max/ (chiefly colloquial, northern Germany, central Germany)
• Rhymes: -a?k, -ax
• Homophone: mach (nonstandard)

Verb

mag

1. first/third-person singular present of mögen

Gothic

Romanization

mag

1. Romanization of ????????????

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mu?k? (“body”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m??]
• Rhymes: -??

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 értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?h/, /?m?x/
• 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.

Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) ma'g

Etymology

Related to Finnish maha.

Noun

mag

1. stomach
2. belly

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *magos (“plain, field”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mé?h?s (“big, great”) (compare Sanskrit ??? (mah??, “earth”) from the same root).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?/

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
• Matasovi?, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ?ISBN, page 253

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak/

Noun

mag m pers

1. wizard

Declension

Synonyms

• czarodziej

Further reading

• mag in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From Greek ????? (mágos), partly through Slavic (Bulgarian ??? (mag)), and partly through Latin magus.

Noun

mag m (plural magi)

1. magus, wise man

Declension

Related terms

• magie

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): /ma??/

Noun

mag m (uncountable)

1. fry (young fish)

   Synonym: silod

Mutation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?/

Noun

mag

1. Nasal mutation of bag.

Mutation

Wolof

Noun

mag (definite form mag ji)

1. older sibling

   Antonym: rakk

English

Etymology 1

From late Middle English saggen, probably of Scandinavian/Old Norse origin (compare Norwegian Nynorsk sagga (“move slowly”)); probably akin to Danish and Norwegian sakke, Swedish sacka, Icelandic sakka, Old Norse sokkva. Compare also Dutch zakken and German sacken (from Low German).

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?g, IPA^(key): /sæ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Noun

sag (countable and uncountable, plural sags)

1. The state of sinking or bending; a droop.
2. The difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points.
3. The difference in height or depth between the vertex and the rim of a curved surface, specifically used for optical elements such as a mirror or lens.

Translations

Verb

sag (third-person singular simple present sags, present participle sagging, simple past and past participle sagged)

1. To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.

   (Her once firm bosom began to sag in her thirties.)

2. (by extension) To lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position.

3. (figuratively) To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.
4. To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
5. (transitive) To cause to bend or give way; to load.
6. (informal) To wear one's trousers so that their top is well below the waist.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:sag.

=Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

sag (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of saag
   • 2003, Charles Campion, The Rough Guide to London Restaurants (page 173)

     The dal tarka (£5) is made from whole yellow split peas, while sag aloo (£5) brings potatoes in a rich and oily spinach puree.

Anagrams

• AGS, AGs, Ags., GAs, GSA, Gas, SGA, gas

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zacht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa?/, [sä?], [s??]

Adjective

sag (attributive sagte, comparative sagter, superlative sagste)

1. soft

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish sak, from Old Norse s?k, from Proto-Germanic *sak?. Cognate with Swedish sak, Icelandic sök, English sake, Dutch zaak, German Sache.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa??/, [sæ??j]
• Rhymes: -a??

Noun

sag c (singular definite sagen, plural indefinite sager)

1. matter, affair

   Jeg er ikke bekendt med alle sagens detaljer.

   I am not acquainted with all the details of the matter.

2. cause

   Jeg er villig til at dø for sagen.

   I am willing to die for the cause.

3. thing

   Jeg går lige ind og pakker mine sager ud.

   I'll go inside and pack out my things.

4. case, lawsuit

   Den 27-årige nægtede sig skyldig i spritkørsel, så sagen måtte udsættes.

   The 27-year-old pleaded not guilty to drunk driving, so the case had to be adjourned.

5. file

   Jeg tog mine papirer og sager med mig hjem.

   I took my papers and cases home with me.

6. food (only in plural)

   Tjeneren var ved at stable en masse lækre sager op på bordet.

   The waiter was stacking a lot of delicious things on the table.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (legal case): retssag

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse s?g, from Proto-Germanic *sag?, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?a?/
• Homophone: sæð

Noun

sag f (genitive singular sagar, plural sagir)

1. saw; a tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal

Declension

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /za?k/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /zax/ (northern and central Germany; very common)
• Rhymes: -a?k, -ax

Verb

sag

1. singular imperative of sagen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of sagen

Icelandic

Etymology

From the verb saga (“to saw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa??/
• Rhymes: -a??

Noun

sag n (genitive singular sags, no plural)

1. sawdust

Declension

Anagrams

• gas

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse s?g, from Proto-Germanic *sag?, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Noun

sag f or m (definite singular saga or sagen, indefinite plural sager, definite plural sagene)

1. (tools) a saw
2. sawmill

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

sag

1. imperative of sage

References

• “sag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse s?g

Noun

sag f (definite singular saga, indefinite plural sager, definite plural sagene)

1. (tools) a saw

Derived terms

References

• “sag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin sagum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sâ??/

Noun

s?g m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. carpet, rug

Declension

Synonyms

• tèpih