Mac

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Gaelic patronymic prefix linguistic morpheme

Mac is a Gaelic patronymic prefix meaning "son of," commonly used in Scottish and Irish surnames.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Mac canonical	14
MacPhee	2
mac Cerbaill	1
mac Lir	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10204535 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mac
Context triple: [MacAndrew, etymologicalElement, Mac]

A. Mac
Mac is Apple’s line of personal computers known for their sleek hardware design and tight integration with the macOS operating system.
B. Mac
Mac is one of the main characters on the sitcom "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," known for his delusional self-image, obsession with toughness and martial arts, and often misguided religious zeal.
C. Mac
Mac is the young, imaginative boy protagonist of the animated series "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends," known for his close bond with his imaginary friend Bloo.
D. Mac
Mac is a character associated with the Green Man, often depicted in folklore- or nature-themed narratives connected to this mythic figure.
E. Mac
Mac is a 1992 drama film directed by and starring John Turturro, focusing on the struggles and pride of a working-class Italian-American carpenter in New York.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mac
Target entity description: Mac is a Gaelic patronymic prefix meaning "son of," commonly used in Scottish and Irish surnames.

A. Mac
Mac is Apple’s line of personal computers known for their sleek hardware design and tight integration with the macOS operating system.
B. Mac
Mac is the nickname of Willie McCovey, the Hall of Fame Major League Baseball first baseman best known for his years with the San Francisco Giants.
C. Mac
Mac is a character associated with the Green Man, often depicted in folklore- or nature-themed narratives connected to this mythic figure.
D. Mac
Mac is one of the main characters on the sitcom "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," known for his delusional self-image, obsession with toughness and martial arts, and often misguided religious zeal.
E. Mac
Mac is the young, imaginative boy protagonist of the animated series "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends," known for his close bond with his imaginary friend Bloo.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gaelic patronymic prefix ⓘ linguistic morpheme ⓘ
appearsIn	Gaelic onomastics ⓘ
category	Irish-language surnames ⓘ Scottish Gaelic-language surnames ⓘ
cognateLanguage	Breton ⓘ Welsh ⓘ
contrastedWith	Nic ⓘ Ó ⓘ
denotesGender	male descendant ⓘ
denotesRelationship	filial relationship ⓘ
etymologicalRoot	Old Irish mac ⓘ
field	anthroponymy ⓘ
follows	given name or ancestor’s name ⓘ
formsPartOf	MacCarthy ⓘ MacDermot ⓘ MacDonald ⓘ MacGregor ⓘ MacIntyre ⓘ MacKenzie ⓘ MacLeod ⓘ MacMahon ⓘ
function	indicates patrilineal descent ⓘ
hasCognate	ap ⓘ map ⓘ
hasFeminineForm	Nic ⓘ
hasVariant	Mc ⓘ Mʼ ⓘ
isAbbreviatedAs	Mc ⓘ Mʼ ⓘ
languageOrigin	Irish Gaelic ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
meaning	son of ⓘ
morphologicalType	bound morpheme ⓘ
orthographicFeature	capitalized in surnames ⓘ
positionInName	prefix ⓘ
region	Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ
script	Latin alphabet ⓘ
semanticField	kinship terminology ⓘ
usedBy	Gaelic-speaking communities ⓘ Irish diaspora ⓘ Scottish diaspora ⓘ
usedIn	Irish surnames ⓘ Scottish surnames ⓘ
usedSince	medieval period ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

MacAndrew → etymologicalElement → Mac ⓘ

MacSeóin → hasPatronymicPrefix → Mac ⓘ

Mac Cuinn → derivedFrom → Mac ⓘ

Mrs. McDonald → associatedWith → Mac ⓘ

Mac Diarmada → etymologicallyContains → Mac ⓘ

Mac Dhùghaill → hasComponent → Mac ⓘ

Mac Donough → hasComponent → Mac ⓘ

MacGraw → hasEtymologicalElement → Mac ⓘ

Mac Craith → hasEtymologicalComponent → Mac ⓘ

McPhee → hasVariant → MacPhee ⓘ

linked to: Mac

McKeen → hasEtymologicalElement → Mac ⓘ

Clan Macpherson → hasSept → MacPhee ⓘ

linked to: Mac

Manannán mac Lir → epithet → mac Lir ⓘ

linked to: Mac

MacMartin → nameElement → Mac ⓘ

MacMairtin → etymologicalElement → Mac ⓘ

Diarmait mac Cerbaill of Osraige → patronymicName → mac Cerbaill ⓘ

linked to: Mac

McBean → hasEtymologicalElement → Mac ⓘ

MacSheamais → hasPrefix → Mac ⓘ

All labels observed (4)

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Statements (46)

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Referenced by (18)

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