mab

See also: MAb, Mab, mAb, måb, and -mab

Translingual

Symbol

mab

(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Yutanduchi Mixtec.

English

Noun

mab (plural mabs)

(obsolete) A slattern.
(obsolete) A cab; a hackney.

Verb

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

(obsolete) To dress untidily.

References

Noah Webster (1828) “mab”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume II (J–Z), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC.

(cab): John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
(cab): 1909, John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley, Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: "A mab is a jingling jarvey […] "

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)

son

Inflection

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Mutation of *mab*
	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. Cognate with Breton and Welsh mab, Gaulish mapos, and Irish, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic mac.

Pronunciation

(Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [maːb]
(Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [mæːb]

Noun

mab m (plural mebyon)

son
boy
Synonym: maw

Coordinate terms

family members: teyluedit

Derived terms

mab an pla (“annoying man, devil”)
mab den (“humankind”)
mab meythrin (“foster son”)
mab wynn (“grandson”)
mab y das (“himself”)
maban (“little son”)
mabsys (“boyhood”)
mabyar (“chick”)

Mutation

Mutation of *mab*
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
mab	vab	unchanged	unchanged	fab	vab

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

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)

boy, son, infant, child (of either sex), minor, youth
descendant
man, male

Coordinate terms

mam (“mother”)
merch (“daughter”)
tad (“father”)

Derived terms

mablygad (“pupil of the eye”)

Related terms

ab, ap
llysfab (“stepson”)
maban (“baby”)
mabol (“boyish”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *mab*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mab	fab	unchanged	unchanged

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

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