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Webster 1913 Edition

Mab

Mab

(măb)
,
p
rop.
Noun.
[Cf. W.
mad
a male child, a boy.]
1.
A slattern.
[Prov. Eng.]
2.
[capitalized]
The name of a female fairy, esp. the queen of the fairies; and hence, sometimes, any fairy.
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mab

MAB

,
Noun.
In northern mythology, the queen of the imaginary beings called fairies.
1.
A slattern.

MAB

,
Verb.
I.
To dress negligently.

Definition 2024

Mab

Mab

See also: mab, MAb, måb, and -mab

English

Proper noun

Mab

  1. (astronomy) A moon of Uranus

mab

mab

See also: MAb, Mab, måb, and -mab

English

Noun

mab ‎(plural mabs)

  1. (obsolete) a slattern

References

“mab” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.

Breton

Etymology

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

Noun

mab m ‎(plural mibien)

  1. son

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

Lojban

Rafsi

mab

  1. rafsi of mabru.

Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɑːb]

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
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

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