μέγας
Greek (Cypriot)
/ˈme.ɣas/
adj
Definitions
- (formal) great, very important
- (for important places and historical figures): with capital M → Μέγας
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek μέγας (large, great, mighty, big) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (great, big, many, stout).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*méǵh₂s
Gloss
great, big, many, stout
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mega English
- mega- English
- megasporangium English
- mega- Finnish
- Maius Latin
- ingens Latin
- magis Latin
- magister Latin
- maximus Latin
- mega- German
- mega- Hungarian
- mega- Italian
- mega- Dutch, Flemish
- méga- French
- мегаполис Russian
- mega- Spanish, Castilian
- Μεγασθένης Ancient Greek
- μέγας Ancient Greek
- μέγιστος Ancient Greek
- μεγάθυμος Ancient Greek
- μεγάλος Ancient Greek
- μεγαλήτωρ Ancient Greek
- μεγαλομανής Ancient Greek
- μεγαλόψυχος Ancient Greek
- ἀγαυός Ancient Greek
- ἀγγεῖον Ancient Greek
- *magya Proto-Indo-European
- *meǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European
- *méǵh₂yos Proto-Indo-European
- mega- Norwegian Bokmål
- mega Portuguese
- mega- Portuguese
- *mekō Proto-Germanic
- *mikilaz Proto-Germanic
- mega- Swedish
- mega- Polish
- mega- Norwegian Nynorsk
- mega Danish
- mega- Danish
- mega- Czech
- maistre Old French
- mega- Icelandic
- mega- Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mega- Translingual
- mega- Latvian
- մեծ Old Armenian
- mega- Turkish
- *magalos Proto-Celtic
- *magos Proto-Celtic
- *magyo- Proto-Celtic
- *mogont-s Proto-Celtic
- *maȷ́ʰás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *maȷ́ʰā́ Proto-Indo-Iranian
- mega- Slovak
- mega- Slovene
- mezin Northern Kurdish
- *megalos Proto-Hellenic
- 𐬨𐬀𐬰 Avestan
- magester Old Latin
- *mākā Proto-Tocharian