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Old English · adjective

maga

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈmɑ.ɡɑ/
[ˈmɑ.ɣɑ]
Syllables
ˈmɑ · ɡɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English
mawcapablestomachmayson

maga1 · adjective

Senses

  1. capable

Declension

Strong declension of maga
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative magamagemage
Accusative maganmaganmage
Genitive maganmaganmagan
Dative maganmaganmagan
Instrumental maganmaganmagan
Plural
Nominative maganmaganmagan
Accusative maganmaganmagan
Genitive magramagenamagramagenamagramagena
Dative magummagummagum
Instrumental magummagummagum

maga2 · noun · masculine

Senses

  1. stomach

  2. maw

Declension · weak

Declension of maga
SingularPlural
Nominative magamagan
Accusative maganmagan
Genitive maganmagena
Dative maganmagum

maga3 · noun · masculine

Senses

  1. son

  2. relative

    Ongunnon þæt þæs mannes māgas hyċġan þurh dierne ġeþōht þæt hīe tōdǣlden unc.

    The person's relatives began to think of a secret plan to separate us.

    "The Wife's Lament"

Declension · weak

Declension of maga
SingularPlural
Nominative māgamāgan
Accusative māganmāgan
Genitive māganmāgena
Dative māganmāgum

maga4 · noun · inflected form

Senses

  1. inflection of magu:; genitive/dative singular

  2. inflection of magu:; nominative/acc/gen plural

  3. Inflected form of magu

maga5 · noun · inflected form

Senses

  1. genitive plural of mǣġ

  2. Inflected form of mǣġ

All forms (10)

Etymology

From the verb magan.

From Proto-West Germanic *magō. Cognates 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, Norwegian mage, stomach). The Indo-European root is also the source of Proto-Celtic *makno- (Welsh megin (“bellows”)), Proto-Slavic *mošьnā (Old Church Slavonic мошьна (mošĭna), Russian мошна́ (mošná, “pocket, bag”)), Baltic *maka- (Lithuanian mãkas (“purse”)).

From Proto-West Germanic *māg. Cognates 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 (mēgs, “son-in-law”). More at may.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Descendants

maw, may

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