mab
See also: MAb, Mab, måb, and -mab
English
Noun
mab (plural mabs)
- (obsolete) A slattern.
Verb
mab (third-person singular simple present mabs, present participle mabbing, simple past and past participle mabbed)
- (obsolete) To dress untidily.
References
mab in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
Anagrams
- ABM, B. M. A., BMA, MBA, Mba, amb, amb., bam
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *mab, from Proto-Celtic *makʷos.
Noun
mab m (plural mibien)
- son
Inflection
Mutation of mab
Breton consonant mutation | |||||
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unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | |
singular | mab | vab | unchanged | unchanged | vab |
plural | mibien | vibien | unchanged | unchanged | vibien |
Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *mab, from Proto-Celtic *makʷos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mæːb]
Noun
mab m (plural mebyon)
- son
- male child, boy
Synonyms
- (boy): maw
Derived terms
- mab-wynn
Mutation
Mutation of mab
Cornish consonant mutation | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
mab | vab | unchanged | unchanged | fab | vab |
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *mab, from Proto-Celtic *makʷos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maːb/
Noun
mab m (plural meibion)
- boy, son, infant, child (of either sex), minor, youth
- descendant
- man, male
Coordinate terms
- mam (“mother”)
- merch (“daughter”)
- tad (“father”)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
mab | fab | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “mab”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies