pawb

See also: PAWB

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɔːb/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɔb/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /pɑb/
• Rhymes: -ɔːb
• Hyphenation: pawb

Etymology 1

Noun

pawb (plural pawbs)

1. (furry fandom, endearing) Deliberate misspelling of paw.

Etymology 2

Noun

pawb (plural pawbs)

1. (vulgar, slang) Alternative letter-case form of PAWB.

   Coordinate term: pawg

Middle Welsh

Alternative forms

• paup

Etymology

From Old Welsh paup, from Proto-Brythonic *pọb, from Proto-Celtic *kʷākʷos (compare Old Irish cách), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂-kʷo-; cognate with Old Church Slavonic какъ (kakŭ, “what kind of”) and Lithuanian kõks (“what kind of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pau̯b/

Determiner

pawb

1. each, every

Pronoun

pawb

1. everyone, everybody

Descendants

• Welsh: pob, pawb (literary)

Mutation

Mutated forms of pawb

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pawb	bawb	pawb / phawb pronounced with /m̥-/	phawb

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Middle Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh pawb; see pob for more.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /pau̯b/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /pou̯b/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /pau̯b/
• Rhymes: -au̯b

Determiner

pawb

1. (literary) alternative form of pob

Pronoun

pawb m

1. everyone, everybody

   Synonym: pob un

   Bore da, bawb! ― Good morning, everyone!

Related terms

• pwy (“who”)
• neb (“no one”)
• rhywun (“someone”)
• unrhyw un (“anyone”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of pawb

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pawb	bawb	mhawb	phawb

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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