mab

See also: MAb, Mab, måb, and -mab

English

Noun

mab (plural mabs)

1. (obsolete) A slattern.

Verb

mab (third-person singular simple present mabs, present participle mabbing, simple past and past participle mabbed)

1. (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

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Breton

Etymology

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

Noun

mab m (plural mibien)

1. son

Inflection

  Mutation of mab  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	mab	vab	unchanged	unchanged
plural	mibien	vibien	unchanged	unchanged

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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

• (boy): maw

Derived terms

• mab-wynn

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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
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

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mab”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies