mab

See also: MAb, Mab, måb, and -mab

English

Noun

mab (plural mabs)

  1. (obsolete) a slattern

References

mab in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.

Anagrams

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *mab, from Proto-Celtic *makʷos.

Noun

mab m (plural mibien)

  1. son

Inflection

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *mab, from Proto-Celtic *makʷos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mæːb]

Noun

mab m (plural mebyon)

  1. son
  2. male child, boy

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *mab, from Proto-Celtic *makʷos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maːb/

Noun

mab m (plural meibion)

  1. boy, son, infant, child (of either sex), minor, youth
  2. descendant
  3. man, male

Coordinate terms

  • mam (“mother”)
  • merch (“daughter”)
  • tad (“father”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
mab fab unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “mab”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014
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