"mac" meaning in Irish

See mac in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mˠɑk/ [Aran, Munster], /mˠaːk/ [Cois-Fharraige], /mˠak/ [Mayo, Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makkʷos, a variant of *makʷos (“son”) (compare Welsh mab, Gaulish mapos, Maponos). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|macc}} Old Irish macc, {{inh|ga|pgl|ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ|pos=genitive}} Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi, genitive), {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*makkʷos}} Proto-Celtic *makkʷos, {{m|cel-pro|*makʷos|t=son}} *makʷos (“son”), {{cog|cy|mab}} Welsh mab, {{cog|cel-gau|mapos}} Gaulish mapos, {{m|cel-gau|Maponos}} Maponos Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|mic|||||||nominative plural|mic|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} mac m (genitive singular mic, nominative plural mic), {{ga-noun|m|mic|mic}} mac m (genitive singular mic, nominative plural mic) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-m1|m|ac|ic}}, {{ga-mut}} Forms: mic [genitive, singular], mic [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], mac [indefinite, nominative, singular], mic [indefinite, nominative, plural], a mhic [indefinite, singular, vocative], a mhaca [indefinite, plural, vocative], mic [genitive, indefinite, singular], mac [genitive, indefinite, plural], mac [dative, indefinite, singular], mic [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an mac [definite, nominative, singular], na mic [definite, nominative, plural], an mhic [definite, genitive, singular], na mac [definite, genitive, plural], leis an mac [dative, definite, singular], don mhac [dative, definite, singular], leis na mic [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], mac [mutation, mutation-radical], mhac [lenition, mutation], - [eclipsis, mutation]
  1. son Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-mac-ga-noun-mKpmdUgl
  2. A common prefix of many Irish and Scottish names, signifying "son of". Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Family members, Male
    Sense id: en-mac-ga-noun-ojJ3eeSY Disambiguation of Family members: 8 92 Disambiguation of Male: 9 91 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: iníon (english: daughter)
Derived forms: An tAthair-Mhac, Dia an Mac, garmhac, leanbh mic (english: young son), leasmhac, mac an daba (english: ring finger) [masculine], mac léinn, mac rí, mac tíre, macghníomh, macra, millteán mic (english: prodigal son), oidhre mic (english: male heir), páiste mic (english: young son)

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "daughter",
      "word": "iníon"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "An tAthair-Mhac"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Dia an Mac"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "garmhac"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "young son",
      "word": "leanbh mic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "leasmhac"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mac an daba"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mac léinn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mac rí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mac tíre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "macghníomh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "macra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "prodigal son",
      "word": "millteán mic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "male heir",
      "word": "oidhre mic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "young son",
      "word": "páiste mic"
    }
  ],
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      },
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    },
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        "2": "pgl",
        "3": "ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ",
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-gau",
        "2": "mapos"
      },
      "expansion": "Gaulish mapos",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-gau",
        "2": "Maponos"
      },
      "expansion": "Maponos",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    {
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        "plural"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "mac",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mic",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a mhic",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a mhaca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mic",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mac",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mac",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mic",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ga-decl-m1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an mac",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na mic",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an mhic",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na mac",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an mac",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don mhac",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na mic",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mac",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhac",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis",
        "mutation"
      ]
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        "10": "",
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        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "3": "genitive singular",
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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      },
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    },
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "son"
      ],
      "id": "en-mac-ga-noun-mKpmdUgl",
      "links": [
        [
          "son",
          "son"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "2 98",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Family members",
          "orig": "ga:Family members",
          "parents": [
            "Family",
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        },
        {
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          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Male",
          "orig": "ga:Male",
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            "Gender",
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            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
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            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "young, brown-haired Donald, son of the Scandinavian",
          "text": "Dónall óg donn Mac Lochlainn",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A common prefix of many Irish and Scottish names, signifying \"son of\"."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "prefix",
          "prefix#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mˠɑk/",
      "tags": [
        "Aran",
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mˠaːk/",
      "tags": [
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mˠak/",
      "tags": [
        "Mayo",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mac"
}
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    "Irish first-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Primitive Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Primitive Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Southwestern Dinka entries with incorrect language header",
    "Southwestern Dinka lemmas",
    "Southwestern Dinka nouns",
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    "ga:Male"
  ],
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      "english": "daughter",
      "word": "iníon"
    }
  ],
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      "word": "An tAthair-Mhac"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dia an Mac"
    },
    {
      "word": "garmhac"
    },
    {
      "english": "young son",
      "word": "leanbh mic"
    },
    {
      "word": "leasmhac"
    },
    {
      "english": "ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mac an daba"
    },
    {
      "word": "mac léinn"
    },
    {
      "word": "mac rí"
    },
    {
      "word": "mac tíre"
    },
    {
      "word": "macghníomh"
    },
    {
      "word": "macra"
    },
    {
      "english": "prodigal son",
      "word": "millteán mic"
    },
    {
      "english": "male heir",
      "word": "oidhre mic"
    },
    {
      "english": "young son",
      "word": "páiste mic"
    }
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      "name": "m"
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makkʷos, a variant of *makʷos (“son”) (compare Welsh mab, Gaulish mapos, Maponos).",
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        "inflection-template"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mic",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a mhic",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a mhaca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mic",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mac",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mac",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mic",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ga-decl-m1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an mac",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na mic",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an mhic",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na mac",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an mac",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don mhac",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na mic",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ga-mut",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mac",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhac",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis",
        "mutation"
      ]
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        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "son",
          "son"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "young, brown-haired Donald, son of the Scandinavian",
          "text": "Dónall óg donn Mac Lochlainn",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A common prefix of many Irish and Scottish names, signifying \"son of\"."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prefix",
          "prefix#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mˠɑk/",
      "tags": [
        "Aran",
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mˠaːk/",
      "tags": [
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mˠak/",
      "tags": [
        "Mayo",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mac"
}
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  "called_from": "inflection/2466",
  "msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Irish]; cleaned text: Bare forms:",
  "path": [
    "mac"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "mac",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/2466",
  "msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Irish]; cleaned text: Forms with the definite article:",
  "path": [
    "mac"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "mac",
  "trace": ""
}

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