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English
Pronunciation
AHD|m�k, IPA|/mæk/, SAMPA|/m{k/
rhymes|æk
Etymology
Shortened from mackintosh
Noun
en-infl-noun
- Short for mackintosh (a raincoat).
Etymology
Shortened from macaroni
Noun
en-infl-noun|-
- Short for macaroni.
#:Is there any mac and cheese left?
Irish
Noun
mac m
- son
- A common prefix of many Irish and Scottish names, signifying "son of".
#:Dómhnall óg donn Mac Lochlainn ("Young, brown-haired Donald, son of the Scandinavian")
Declension
ga noun m1|m|ac|ic
Category:Irish nouns
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Romanian
Etymology
From a Slavic language, compare mak
Noun
ro-noun|gendm|plmaci
- poppy
Declension
ro-noun-m|plmaci|defmacul
Category:ro:Flowers
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Irish mac, Old Irish macc, Welsh mab, Old Welsh map, Cornish mab, Breton map, mab, Ogam gen. maqvi: *makko-s, *makvo-s, son, root mak, rear, nutrire, Welsh magu, rear, nurse, Breton maguet: Indo-European mak, ability, production; Greek @Gmakrós, long, @Gmákar, blessed; Zend maçanh, greatness; Lettic mázu, can, be able. Kluge compares Gothic magaths, maid, Anglo-Saxon magþ, English maid, further Gothic magus, boy, Norse mögr, which, however, is allied to Old Irish mug (pl. mogi), slave. The Teutonic words also originally come from a root denoting "might, increase", Greek @Gmc@nhos], means, Sanskrit mahas, great. Hence macanta, mild: "filial".
Noun
mac m, gen/pl mic'
- son
#:An Tòiseachd soisgeul Iosa Criosda, Mac Dhe. ("The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, Son of God.")
- A common prefix of Irish and Scottish surnames, meaning "son of"
#:Mac an t-Saoir, Mac an Tòisiche, Mac Dhòmhnaill, Mac Eòghain, Mac Alasdair, Mac Griogair, Mac Iain, Mac Iomhair, Mac Leòid
An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Alexander MacBain?, Gairm Publications, 1982
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Category:Scottish Gaelic nouns
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