"mab" meaning in Welsh

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Noun

IPA: /maːb/ Forms: meibion [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], mab [error-unrecognized-form], fab [soft]
Rhymes: -aːb Etymology: From Middle Welsh and Old Welsh map, from Proto-Brythonic *mab, from Proto-Celtic *makʷos. Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|wlm|-}} Middle Welsh, {{inh|cy|owl|map}} Old Welsh map, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*mab}} Proto-Brythonic *mab, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*makʷos}} Proto-Celtic *makʷos Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|meibion}} mab m (plural meibion) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. boy, son, infant, child (of either sex), minor, youth Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-mab-cy-noun-5eN6YcFK
  2. descendant Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-mab-cy-noun-roeDQ35a Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 11 85 3
  3. man, male Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-mab-cy-noun-6yx-fOCd Categories (other): Male family members, Male people Disambiguation of Male family members: 10 13 77 Disambiguation of Male people: 9 1 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mablygad (english: pupil of the eye), mebyd (english: infancy, childhood) Related terms: ab, ap, llysfab (english: stepson), maban (english: baby), mabol (english: boyish) [adjective] Coordinate_terms: mam (english: mother), merch (english: daughter), tad (english: father)

Inflected forms

{
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "mother",
      "translation": "mother",
      "word": "mam"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "daughter",
      "translation": "daughter",
      "word": "merch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "father",
      "translation": "father",
      "word": "tad"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "pupil of the eye",
      "translation": "pupil of the eye",
      "word": "mablygad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "infancy, childhood",
      "translation": "infancy, childhood",
      "word": "mebyd"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "owl",
        "3": "map"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Welsh map",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*mab"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *mab",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*makʷos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *makʷos",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh and Old Welsh map, from Proto-Brythonic *mab, from Proto-Celtic *makʷos.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meibion",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mab",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fab",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "meibion"
      },
      "expansion": "mab m (plural meibion)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ab"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ap"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "stepson",
      "translation": "stepson",
      "word": "llysfab"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "baby",
      "translation": "baby",
      "word": "maban"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "boyish",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "boyish",
      "word": "mabol"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "boy, son, infant, child (of either sex), minor, youth"
      ],
      "id": "en-mab-cy-noun-5eN6YcFK",
      "links": [
        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
        ],
        [
          "son",
          "son"
        ],
        [
          "infant",
          "infant"
        ],
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ],
        [
          "minor",
          "minor"
        ],
        [
          "youth",
          "youth"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 85 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "descendant"
      ],
      "id": "en-mab-cy-noun-roeDQ35a",
      "links": [
        [
          "descendant",
          "descendant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 13 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Male family members",
          "orig": "cy:Male family members",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 1 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Male people",
          "orig": "cy:Male people",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "man, male"
      ],
      "id": "en-mab-cy-noun-6yx-fOCd",
      "links": [
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "male",
          "male"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maːb/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːb"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mab"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/aːb",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/aːb/1 syllable",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms derived from Old Welsh",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Old Welsh",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "cy:Male family members",
    "cy:Male people"
  ],
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "english": "mother",
      "translation": "mother",
      "word": "mam"
    },
    {
      "english": "daughter",
      "translation": "daughter",
      "word": "merch"
    },
    {
      "english": "father",
      "translation": "father",
      "word": "tad"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "pupil of the eye",
      "translation": "pupil of the eye",
      "word": "mablygad"
    },
    {
      "english": "infancy, childhood",
      "translation": "infancy, childhood",
      "word": "mebyd"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "owl",
        "3": "map"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Welsh map",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*mab"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *mab",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*makʷos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *makʷos",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh and Old Welsh map, from Proto-Brythonic *mab, from Proto-Celtic *makʷos.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meibion",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mab",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fab",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "meibion"
      },
      "expansion": "mab m (plural meibion)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ab"
    },
    {
      "word": "ap"
    },
    {
      "english": "stepson",
      "translation": "stepson",
      "word": "llysfab"
    },
    {
      "english": "baby",
      "translation": "baby",
      "word": "maban"
    },
    {
      "english": "boyish",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "boyish",
      "word": "mabol"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "boy, son, infant, child (of either sex), minor, youth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
        ],
        [
          "son",
          "son"
        ],
        [
          "infant",
          "infant"
        ],
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ],
        [
          "minor",
          "minor"
        ],
        [
          "youth",
          "youth"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "descendant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "descendant",
          "descendant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "man, male"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "male",
          "male"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maːb/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːb"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mab"
}

Download raw JSONL data for mab meaning in Welsh (2.8kB)

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: mab/Welsh 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "mab"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "mab",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: mab/Welsh 'nasal' base_tags={'soft', 'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
    "mab"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "mab",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: mab/Welsh 'aspirate' base_tags={'soft', 'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
    "mab"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "mab",
  "trace": ""
}

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