pawb

Middle Welsh

Alternative forms

• paup

Etymology

From Old Welsh paup, from Proto-Brythonic *pọb, from Proto-Celtic *kʷākʷos (compare Old Irish cách), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂-kʷo-; cognate with Old Church Slavonic какъ (kakŭ, “what kind of”) and Lithuanian kõks (“what kind of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pau̯b/

Determiner

pawb

1. each, every

Pronoun

pawb

1. everyone, everybody

Mutation

Middle Welsh mutation
Radical	Soft	Nasal	Aspirate
pawb	bawb	pawb / phawb pronounced with /m̥-/	phawb
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Descendants

• Welsh: pob, pawb (literary)

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh pawb; see pob for more.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /pau̯b/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /pou̯b/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /pau̯b/
• Rhymes: -au̯b

Determiner

pawb

1. (literary) Alternative form of pob

Pronoun

pawb m

1. everyone, everybody

Related terms

• pwy (“who”)
• neb (“no one”)
• rhywun (“someone”)
• unrhyw un (“anyone”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pawb	bawb	mhawb	phawb
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pawb”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies