Breton

Verb

maga

1. to feed

Catalan

Noun

maga f ‎(plural magues)

1. feminine equivalent of mag

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒɡɒ]
• Hyphenation: ma‧ga

Pronoun

maga ‎(plural maguk)

1. (personal) you (formal, singular)

Declension

See also

• ön, te

Pronoun

maga

1. (reflexive) oneself, himself, herself, itself

   Péter lelőtte magát.‎ ― Peter has shot himself.

Declension

• With different persons:

  magam, magad, maga, magunk, magatok, maguk

Derived terms

• magatartás
• jómaga
• önmaga

Icelandic

Noun

maga

1. indefinite accusative singular of magi
2. indefinite dative singular of magi
3. indefinite genitive singular of magi
4. indefinite accusative plural of magi
5. indefinite genitive plural of magi

Italian

Noun

maga f ‎(plural maghe, masculine mago)

1. magician, sorceress, enchantress, conjurer
2. charmer, beguiler

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

From English meager/meagre

Adjective

maga

1. skinny

   Sorry fe maga dog, maga dog, turn round bite you — Peter Tosh, Maga Dog, 1964

Latin

Adjective

maga

1. nominative feminine singular of magus
2. nominative neuter plural of magus
3. accusative neuter plural of magus
4. vocative feminine singular of magus
5. nominative neuter plural of magus

magā

1. ablative feminine singular of magus

References

• maga in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “maga”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɣɑ/

Adjective

maga

1. capable

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *magô, from Indo-European *mak- ‘bag, belly’. Cognate with Old Frisian maga (West Frisian mage), Old Saxon mago (Low German mage), Middle Dutch maghe (Dutch maag), Old High German mago (German Magen), Old Norse magi (Swedish mage). The Indo-European root is also the source of Celtic *makno- (Welsh megin ‘bellows’), Slavic *mošьnā (Old Church Slavonic мошьна ‎(mošĭna), Russian мошна ‎(mošna, “pocket, bag”)), Baltic *maka- (Lithuanian mãkas ‘purse’).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɣɑ/

Noun

maga m ‎(nominative plural magan)

1. maw
2. stomach

Descendants

• Middle English: mawe
  • English: maw

Etymology 3

From Proto-Germanic *mēgô ‎(“relative, in-law”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag'- ‎(“to be able, help”). Cognate with Old Frisian mēch ‎(“relative, kinsman”), Old Saxon māg ‎(“a relation”), Old High German māg ‎(“relative, kinsman”), Old Norse mágr ‎(“father-in-law”), Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌲𐍃 ‎(megs, “son-in-law”). More at may.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɣɑ/

Noun

māga m ‎(nominative plural māgan)

1. son
2. relative

Etymology 4

Inflected forms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːɣɑ/

Noun

māga

1. genitive plural of mǣġ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɣɑ/

Noun

maga

1. nominative plural of magu
2. accusative plural of magu
3. genitive singular of magu
4. Gentitive plural form of magu
5. dative singular of magu

Portuguese

Noun

maga f (plural magas)

1. feminine equivalent of mago

Spanish

Noun

maga f ‎(plural magas)

1. female magician, female conjurer

Related terms

• mago m