mæg

See also: má ég

Louisiana Creole

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from French maigre (meagre, skinny).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mæɡ/
  • Rhymes: -æɡ

Adjective

mæg

  1. skinny, thin

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *māg (kin).

Cognate with Middle Dutch maech (Dutch maag), Old High German māg, Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌲𐍃 (mēgs, son-in-law), Swedish måg (make).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mæːj/

Noun

mǣġ m

  1. relative, kinsman
    • 10th century, The Wanderer:
      þonne māga ġemynd · mōd ġeondhweorfeð,
      grēteð glīwstafum, · ġeorne ġeondsċēawað
      seċġa ġeseldan. · Swimmað oft on weġ.
      when mind goes through memory of kinsmen,
      greets with mirths, eagerly looks through
      comrades of men. They often swim away.
Declension
singular plural
nominative mǣġ māgas, mǣġas
accusative mǣġ māgas, mǣġas
genitive mǣġes māga
dative mǣġe māgum
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • mege

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mæːj/

Noun

mǣġ f

  1. female relative
Declension

Strong ō-stem:

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mæj/

Noun

mæġ n

  1. alternative form of mæġen

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mæj/

Verb

mæġ

  1. first/third-person singular present of magan