mam
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mam
Alteration or clipping of mama. Compare Scots mam, Early Scots mame (“mother”), mamye (“wet nurse”), Saterland Frisian Määme (“mother”), West Frisian mem (“mother”). Alternatively, possibly either conserved from or influenced by earlier Brythonic language.
mam (plural mams)
From Proto-Bahnaric *maːm. Cognate with Sedang méam.
mam
Borrowed from English ma'am, contraction of madam.
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mam m inan
mam f (plural mammen, diminutive mammetje n)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Old Irish muimme (“foster mother”), Proto-Celtic *mammā.
mam f (genitive singular maime, nominative plural mamanna)
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radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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mam | mham | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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From Proto-Central Chadic *ɗawɨm.
mam f
Cognates include West Frisian mem.
mam f (plural (Föhr-Amrum) mamen or (Mooring) mamne)
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mam f
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mam (Cyrillic spelling мам)
mam m or f (masculine and feminine plural mames)
mam m (uncountable)
From Middle Welsh mam, from Proto-Brythonic *mamm, from Proto-Celtic *mammā, a baby talk word replacing Proto-Celtic *mātīr.
mam f (plural mamau)
Some, especially northern, dialects employ a non-standard aspirate mutation of mam to mham. In practice, this only occurs after the determiner ei (“her”). See also nain to nhain for a similar example.
△Irregular.
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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