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

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

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  Mutation of mab  
Breton consonant mutation
unmutatedsoftaspiratehard
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

Derived terms

Mutation
  Mutation of mab  
Cornish consonant mutation
unmutatedsoftaspiratehardmixedmixed 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

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
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