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

Breton

Etymology

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

Noun

mab m (plural mibien)

  1. son

Inflection
  Mutation of mab  
Breton consonant mutation
unmutatedsoftaspiratehardmixed
singular mab vab unchanged unchanged vab
plural mibien vibien unchanged unchanged vibien

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

Derived terms

Mutation
  Mutation of mab  
Cornish consonant mutation
unmutatedsoftaspiratehardmixedmixed after 'th
mab vab unchanged unchanged fab vab

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
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
mab fab unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “mab”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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