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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *magaþs</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-02"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_magaþs</idno>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_magaths" type="noun" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/magaþs">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>magaþs</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈmɑ.ɣɑθs</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛗᚨᚷᚨᚦᛊ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>noun</pos>
            <gram type="gender">feminine</gram>
            <gram type="stem">consonant stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>maiden, girl</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="2">
            <def>virgin</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From pre-Germanic *magʰ-ot-(i-), a feminine derivative of *maguz (‘boy’), but this pair of words is likely of foreign or substrate origin. Compare *brūdiz (‘bride’) for the suffix.</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom">
              <orth>magaþs</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom">
              <orth>magaþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc">
              <orth>magaþų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc">
              <orth>magaþunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen">
              <orth>magaþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen">
              <orth>magaþǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat">
              <orth>magaþi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat">
              <orth>magaþumaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr">
              <orth>magaþē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr">
              <orth>magaþumiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #voc">
              <orth>magaþ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #voc">
              <orth>magaþiz</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*magaþ</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>magith</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>māget, meit</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>maagd, meid</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*magaþ</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>mæġeþ, mæġþ</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>mæið, meið, maið, maȝþ</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*magaþ</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>megith, megeth, mageth</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Saterland Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>Moagd</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>maegd, meide, meidzje</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*magaþ</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>magad</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>maget, magt, mait</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>Magd, Maid</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Luxembourgish</lang>
                        <orth>Mod</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Yiddish</lang>
                        <orth>מויד (moyd), מאַד (mad)</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*magaþ</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>magath</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>māget, mait, meit, meyt</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German Low German</lang>
                        <orth>Maid</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌸𐍃 (magaþs)</orth>
                </form>
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