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English
Proper noun
Mab
- (astronomy) A moon of Uranus
- 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 […]
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Turkish
Proper noun
Mab
- (astronomy) Mab
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maːb/
- (with definite article) IPA(key): /ə ˈmaːb/
Proper noun
y Mab m
- (Christianity) the Son, Jesus Christ (person of the Holy Trinity)
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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