# mac
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

## English
### Pronunciation

* enPR: măk, IPA: /mæk/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -æk
* Homophones: Mac, mack, Mack

### Etymology 1

Clipping of mackintosh.

#### Noun

mac (plural macs)
* Clipping of mackintosh (“a raincoat”).
** 1969, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, 0:04 from the start, in The Ballad of John and Yoko‎ (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
* (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, a reference to the frugality of Scottish people.

##### Derived terms

* pac-a-mac

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Clipping of macaroni.

#### Noun

mac (uncountable)
* (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

* mac and cheese, mac 'n' cheese
* mac salad

### Anagrams

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

## Catalan
### Etymology

Uncertain.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmak]

### Noun

mac m (plural macs)
* (balearic) small stone, pebble
    Synonym: còdol

#### Derived terms

* mac de torrent
* macar

### Further reading

* “mac” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mak/

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

mac m (plural macs)
* (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)
* (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 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: /mˠak/, /mˠɑk/

### Noun

mac m (genitive singular mic, nominative plural mic)
* son
* (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

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
mac
mic
vocative
a mhic
a mhaca
genitive
mic
mac
dative
mac
mic
forms with the definite article
case
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”)

#### 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
* macghníomh
* macra
* millteán mic (“prodigal son”)
* oidhre mic (“male heir”)
* páiste mic (“young son”)

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ 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
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 105, page 57
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 189
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 411, page 135

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mati.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmat͡s/
* Rhymes: -at͡s
* Syllabification: mac

### Noun

mac f
* mother

### Further reading

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

## K'iche'
### Noun

mac
* (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)
* son

#### Derived terms

* mac-

### Mutation

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
* Alternative form of make (“equal, partner”)

## Middle Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* 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
* 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

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

### References

* ↑ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mach”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

## Old Irish
### Noun

mac m (genitive maic or meic, nominative plural maic or meic)
* Alternative spelling of macc (“son, child”)

#### Inflection

* $^H$ = triggers aspiration
* $^L$ = triggers lenition
* $^N$ = triggers nasalization

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mak/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic макъ (makŭ), from Proto-Slavic *makъ (“poppy”). Compare Serbo-Croatian mak, Polish mak.

#### Noun

mac m (plural maci)
* poppy

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

#### Interjection

mac
* quack (sound made by ducks)

## 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: /maʰk/
* (Harris, Uist, Barra, Skye) IPA: /maxk/
* Hyphenation: mac

### Noun

mac m (genitive singular mic, plural mic)
* son
* Used as a prefix for Irish and Scottish patronymic surnames; -son
    mac Dhòmhaill ― MacDonald (literally, “son of Donald”)

#### Declension

$^✝$ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

#### Derived terms

* mac-an-aba
* macail
* uchd-mhac

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ 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
* 1 2 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

### Further reading

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

## Slovincian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *màti.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmat͡s/
* Rhymes: -at͡s
* Syllabification: mac

### Noun

mac f
* mother (human female who begets a child)

### Further reading

* Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “mãc”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 595

## Southwestern Dinka
### Etymology

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

### Noun

mac (plural mɛ̈c)
* fire
* light firearm
* prison

### References

* Dinka-English Dictionary‎, 2005