ᚋᚐᚊᚔ

Primitive Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *makkʷos, a variant of *makʷos (“son”) (compare Welsh mab, Gaulish mapos, Maponos), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“long, thin”) (compare Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”), Latin macer (“thin”).

Noun

ᚋᚐᚊᚔ (maqi) m (genitive)

  1. son

Quotations

᚛ᚐᚂᚐᚈᚈᚑᚄ ᚋᚐᚊᚔ ᚁᚏ᚜ (alattos maqi br)

Descendants

  • Old Irish: macc (genitive singular maiccL, meicc)
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