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English

Etymology

Back-formation from zigzag. Compare zig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zæ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Noun

zag (plural zags)

1. One of a series of sharp turns or reversals.
2. twist in a storyline

Verb

zag (third-person singular simple present zags, present participle zagging, simple past and past participle zagged)

1. (intransitive) To move with a sharp turn or reversal.

Derived terms

• zig when one should zag

Derived terms

• zigzag

See also

• zig

Anagrams

• Gaz

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?x
• IPA^(key): /z?x/

Verb

zag

1. singular past indicative of zien

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?k

Verb

zag

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

Turkmen

Noun

zag (definite accusative ?, plural ?)

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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

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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