mac

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mac"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Macedonian.

Symbol

mac

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for Macedonian.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Macedonian terms

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: măk, IPA^(key): /mæk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æk
• Homophones: Mac, mack, Mack

Etymology 1

Clipping of mackintosh.

Noun

mac (plural macs)

1. Clipping of mackintosh (“a raincoat”).
   • 1969, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, 0:04 from the start, in The Ballad of John and Yoko‎^[2] (music video), The Beatles (actor), Vevo, published 2017:

     Standing in the dock at Southampton / Trying to get to Holland or France / The man in the mac said / You've got to go back / You know they didn't even give us a chance

2. (UK, US, Canada, Australia, slang, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of Scottish descent (used in driving culture to denigrate someone for poor/slow/amateurish driving responses).

Derived terms

• pac-a-mac

Translations

mackintosh — see mackintosh

Etymology 2

Clipping of macaroni.

Noun

mac (uncountable)

1. (Canada, US, slang) Clipping of macaroni.

   Is there any mac and cheese left?

   • 1998, Dennis Doyle, edited by Alison Sage, Treasury of Children's Poetry, Shirley Said, page 177:

     Who wrote "kick me" on my back?
     Who put a spider in my mac?

   • 2019, Gail Green, Marci Peschke, Lunch Recipe Queen (Kylie Jean), North Mankato, Minn.: Picture Window Books, Capstone, →ISBN, page 6:

     Nothing tastes better to me than a big ol' bowl of super creamy, cheesy mac!

Derived terms

• chili mac
• mac and cheese, mac 'n' cheese
• mac salad

Anagrams

• ACM, AMC, C.M.A., CAM, CMA, Cam, MCA, cam

Catalan

Etymology

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈmak]

Noun

mac m (plural macs)

1. (balearic) small stone, pebble

   Synonym: còdol

Derived terms

• mac de torrent
• macar

Further reading

• “mac”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Etymology 1

Noun

mac m (plural macs)

1. (colloquial, slang) clipping of maquereau (“pimp”)
   • 1997, “Elle donne son corps avant son nom”, in L'École du micro d'argent, performed by IAM:

     Devant la porte, y'avait le type du bar, la baraque / On a compris, mais trop tard, que ce mec était leur mac

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

Noun

mac m (plural macs)

1. (colloquial, computing) clipping of Macintosh

Further reading

• “mac”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish mac, 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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mˠak/, /mˠɑk/

Noun

mac m (genitive singular mic, nominative plural mic)

1. son
2. (capitalized) A common prefix of many Irish and Scottish names, signifying "son of".

   Dónall óg donn Mac Lochlainn ― young, brown-haired Donald, son of the Scandinavian

Declension

Declension of mac (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative mac mic vocative a mhic a mhaca genitive mic mac dative mac mic macaibh (archaic) forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an mac na mic genitive an mhic na mac dative leis an mac don mhac leis na mic

Coordinate terms

• iníon (“daughter”)
• Nic (“daughter of”)

Derived terms

• An tAthair-Mhac
• Dia an Mac
• garmhac
• leanbh mic (“young son”)
• leasmhac
• Mac (surname prefix)
• mac an daba m (“ring finger”)
• mac léinn
• mac rí
• mac tíre
• macasamhail
• macghníomh
• macra
• millteán mic (“prodigal son”)
• oidhre mic (“male heir”)
• páiste mic (“young son”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mac

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mac	mhac	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “mac”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 690; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “mac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Kashubian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr

Proto-Balto-Slavic *mā́ˀtē

Proto-Slavic *màti

Kashubian mac

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *màti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmat͡s/
• Rhymes: -at͡s
• Syllabification: mac

Noun

mac f

1. mother

Further reading

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “macierz”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[3]
• “mac”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

K'iche'

Noun

mac

1. (Classical K'iche') sin

Manx

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”).

Noun

mac m (genitive singular mic, plural mec)

1. son

Derived terms

• mac-

Mutation

Mutation of mac

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mac	vac	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 mac, macc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Middle English

Noun

mac

1. alternative form of make (“equal, partner”)

Middle Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak/

Etymology 1

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”).

Noun

mac m (genitive mic, nominative plural mic)

1. son

Descendants

• Irish: mac
• Manx: mac
• Scottish Gaelic: mac

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 mac, macc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *makkos. Cognate with Welsh mach.

Noun

mac m

1. bond, surety

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 mac(c)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Mutation

Mutation of mac

radical	lenition	nasalization
mac also mmac after a proclitic ending in a vowel	mac pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Irish

Noun

mac m (genitive maic or meic, nominative plural maic or meic)

1. alternative spelling of macc (“son, child”)

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	mac	macL	maicL, meic
vocative	maic, meic	macL	macuH
accusative	macN	macL	macuH
genitive	maicL, meic	mac	macN
dative	macL	macaib	macaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmat͡s/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -at͡s
• Syllabification: mac

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mac f

1. genitive plural of maca (“matzo”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mac f

1. genitive plural of maca (“dry measure”)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmak/
• Rhymes: -ak

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic *макъ (*makŭ), from Proto-Slavic *makъ (“poppy”).

Noun

mac m (plural maci)

1. (countable) poppy
2. (uncountable) poppy seeds

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mac	macul	maci	macii
genitive-dative	mac	macului	maci	macilor
vocative	macule		macilor

Derived terms

• mac cornut

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

mac

1. quack (sound made by ducks)

Derived terms

• măcăi

Further reading

• “mac”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish mac, from Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makkʷos. Cognates include Irish mac and Manx mac.

Pronunciation

• (Lewis, Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /maʰk/
• (Southern Hebridean, Skye) IPA^(key): /maxk/
• Hyphenation: mac

Noun

mac m (genitive singular mic, nominative plural mic)

1. son
2. Used as a prefix for Irish and Scottish patronymic surnames; -son

   mac Dhòmhaill ― MacDonald (literally, “son of Donald”)

Declension

Declension of mac (type I masculine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	mac	mic
genitive	mic	mhac
dative	mac	mic; macaibh1
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(am) mac	(na) mic
genitive	(a') mhic	(nam) mac
dative	(a') mhac	(na) mic; macaibh1
vocative	mhic	mhaca; mhacaibh

¹ archaic or poetic form

Derived terms

• mac-an-aba
• macail
• uchd-mhac

Mutation

Mutation of mac

radical	lenition
mac	mhac

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “mac”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Mark, Colin (2003), “mac”, in The Gaelic–English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 411

Slovincian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr

Proto-Balto-Slavic *mā́ˀtē

Proto-Slavic *màti

Slovincian mac

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *màti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmat͡s/
• Rhymes: -at͡s
• Syllabification: mac

Noun

mac f

1. mother (human female who begets a child)

Further reading

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908), “mãc”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[4] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 595

Somali

Etymology

Compare Oromo mi'aawuu (“to be sweet”).

Adjective

mac

1. sweet (taste)

Derived terms

• macaan

See also

• qadhaadh (“bitter”)

References

• “mac”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaaliga, 2012

Southwestern Dinka

Etymology

Cognate with Jumjum maañ, Belanda Bor mac, Shilluk mac.

Noun

mac (plural mɛ̈c)

1. fire
2. light firearm
3. prison

References

• Dinka-English Dictionary‎^[5], 2005