Mab

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

English

Proper noun

Mab

1. (astronomy) A moon of Uranus
2. A female given name, related to Maeve.
   • 1864, Julia Kavanagh, Queen Mab, page 162:

     "Good-bye, Mab," said Mr. Ford, stretching out his arm, and gathering her to his heart. "Good-bye, darling - you will think of the old man, eh?" Tears and kisses were Mab's only reply.

   • 2012 November 27, Jim Butcher, Cold Days, Penguin, →ISBN:

     “Consider,” Mab said, “that I have done something for her that you never could have.” “What's that, exactly?” “I have put her beyond the reach of the White Council and their Wardens,” Mab said, again  […]

Translations

moon of Uranus

• Japanese: マブ (ja) (Mabu)

Anagrams

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

Turkish

Proper noun

Mab

1. (astronomy) Mab

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːb/
  • (with definite article) IPA^(key): /ə ˈmaːb/

Proper noun

y Mab m

1. (Christianity) the Son, Jesus Christ (person of the Holy Trinity)

Coordinate terms

• y Tad (“the Father”)
• Trindod (“Trinity”)
• yr Ysbryd Glân (“the Holy Spirit”)

Derived terms

• y Tad, y Mab a'r Ysbryd Glân (“the Father, Son and Holy Ghost”)

Related terms

• Mab Duw (“Son of God”)
• Mab Dyn (“Son of Man”)

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