mam

See also: Mam, mám, mắm, and m-am

English

Etymology

Possibly either conserved from or influenced by earlier Brythonic language.

Noun

mam (plural mams)

  1. (informal and colloquial) Diminutive of mother.

Usage notes

Used in place of mum or ma in Scotland, Northumbrian dialects such as Geordie, as well as throughout Ireland and Liverpool, and the South Wales valleys; the Welsh word for mother is mam.

References

  • A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
  • Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin,

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English ma'am, contraction of madam.

Noun

mam

  1. An address to a female superior.
  2. An address to a female teacher.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑm/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑm

Noun

mam f (plural mammen, diminutive mammetje n)

  1. mother

Irish

Etymology

Compare Old Irish muimme (“foster mother”), Proto-Celtic *mammā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mˠamˠ]

Noun

mam f (genitive singular maime, nominative plural mamanna)

  1. mam, mum, mom

Declension

Synonyms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mam mham not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mam]

Verb

mam

  1. first-person singular present of měś

Derived terms

Luxembourgish

Contraction

mam

  1. contraction of mat + dem; with the

North Frisian

Etymology

Cognates include West Frisian mem.

Noun

mam f (plural mamen)

  1. (Mooring, Föhr-Amrum) mother
    mam an aatj
    mother and father

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mam/

Verb

mam

  1. first-person singular present of mieć

Noun

mam

  1. genitive plural of mama

Serbo-Croatian

Adverb

mam (Cyrillic spelling мам)

  1. (Kajkavian) right now
  2. (Kajkavian) immediately

Spanish

Adjective

mam (plural mames)

  1. Mam (of or pertaining to the Mam people)

Noun

mam m (uncountable)

  1. Mam (language)

mam m, f (plural mam or mames)

  1. Mam

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *mamm, from Proto-Celtic *mammā, a baby talk word replacing Proto-Celtic *mātīr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mam/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

mam f (plural mamau)

  1. mother
  2. ancestress
  3. dam
  4. queen bee

Coordinate terms

  • mab (“son”)
  • merch (“daughter”)
  • tad (“father”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
mam fam unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Wemba-Wemba

Noun

mam

  1. father
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