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

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. a relative
Declension
Declension of mæg (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative mǣġ māgas
accusative mǣġ māgas
genitive mǣġes māga
dative mǣġe māgum
Derived terms

Alternative forms
  • mege

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mæːj/

Noun

mǣġ f

  1. female relative
Declension
Declension of mæg (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative mǣġ mǣġa, mǣġe
accusative mǣġe mǣġa, mǣġe
genitive mǣġe mǣġa
dative mǣġe mǣġum

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mæj/

Noun

mæġ m

  1. power, might

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mæj/

Verb

mæġ

  1. first/third-person singular present of magan
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