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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From Old Loegrish ''mab'' < Proto-Brythonic [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/mab *''mab''] < Proto-Celtic [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mak%CA%B7os *''makʷos''].
From Old Loegrish ''mab'' < Proto-Brythonic [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/mab *''mab''] < Proto-Celtic [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mak%CA%B7os *''makʷos'']. Confer Welsh, Cornish, Breton [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mab ''mab''], Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mac ''mac''], Gaulish [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mapos ''mapos''].


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===

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Loegrish

Etymology

From Old Loegrish mab < Proto-Brythonic *mab < Proto-Celtic *makʷos. Confer Welsh, Cornish, Breton mab, Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx mac, Gaulish mapos.

Pronunciation

  • (Mercian) IPA: [mab]
  • (Wessex, Southeast, East Anglian) IPA: [mæb]

Noun

mab m (plural mébion)

  1. boy
  2. son

Coordinate terms

  • mam ("mother")
  • merch ("daughter", "girl")
  • tad ("father")

Mutation

  • mhab (soft mutation)