"mac" meaning in Middle Irish

See mac in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mak/ Forms: mic [genitive], mic [nominative, plural]
Etymology: From Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makkʷos, a variant of *makʷos (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“to raise, increase”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|mga|son}}, {{inh|mga|sga|macc}} Old Irish macc, {{inh|mga|pgl|ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ|pos=genitive}} Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi, genitive), {{inh|mga|cel-pro|*makkʷos}} Proto-Celtic *makkʷos, {{der|mga|ine-pro|*meh₂ḱ-|t=to raise, increase}} Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- (“to raise, increase”) Head templates: {{head|mga|noun|||genitive|mic|||||nominative plural|mic|||||cat2=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} mac m (genitive mic, nominative plural mic), {{mga-noun|m|mic|mic}} mac m (genitive mic, nominative plural mic)
  1. son Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-mac-mga-noun-mKpmdUgl Categories (other): Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header, Male family members Disambiguation of Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Male family members: 87 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /mak/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], mac [error-unrecognized-form], also mmac after a proclitic [error-unrecognized-form], ending in a vowel [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *makkos. Cognate with Welsh mach. Etymology templates: {{etymid|mga|bond}}, {{inh|mga|cel-pro|*makkos}} Proto-Celtic *makkos, {{cog|cy|mach}} Welsh mach Head templates: {{head|mga|noun|||||||||||||||cat2=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} mac m, {{mga-noun|m}} mac m
  1. bond, surety Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-mac-mga-noun-IX6SEF5i Categories (other): Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "sounds": [
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}

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      "args": {
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      "ipa": "/mak/"
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  ],
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}

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