mab

See also: MAb, 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

• amb., amb, BMA, Bam, MBA, bam, ABM, BAM, B. M. A., Mba

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton mab, from Old Breton map, 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

Cornish

Etymology

From Old Cornish mab, 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

Mutation

  Mutation of mab  

Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
mab	vab	unchanged	unchanged	fab	vab

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh and Old Welsh map, from Proto-Brythonic *mab, from Proto-Celtic *makʷos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːb/
• Rhymes: -aːb

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”)

Derived terms

• ab, ap
• llysfab (“stepson”)
• mablygad (“pupil of the eye”)

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