maige

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *magyos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yos, a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s.

Adjective

maige

1. great, mighty

Mutation

Mutation of maige

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

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

References

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

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian [Term?].

Pronunciation

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Noun

maige (n class, plural maige)

1. young locust (locust before it can fly)

   Synonym: kimatu