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- Irish · borrowed froma mhic“literally, my son”
- English todayavick
Borrowed from Irish a mhic (“literally, my son”), from a (“vocative marker”) + mhic (“lenited form of mic”), variant of mac (“son”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A form of address to a male friend or young man. Full definition →
Borrowed from Irish a mhic (“literally, my son”), from a (“vocative marker”) + mhic (“lenited form of mic”), variant of mac (“son”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.