mam

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mam"

English

Etymology

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.

Noun

mam (plural mams)

(UK, Ireland, regional, informal, colloquial) Mum, mom; diminutive of mother.
- 2021, Glenda Young, The Miner's Lass:
  She'd sit by the fire, arms crossed, demanding that Ruby spike her tea with a cinder. But Ruby would never give in to her demands, no matter how much her mam begged. There was no alcohol in the house now; Arthur had made sure of that in an effort to get Mary sober.

Usage notes

Used in place of mum or ma in Scotland, Northumbrian dialects such as Geordie, as well as throughout Ireland and Liverpool, Kingston upon Hull, and the South Wales valleys; the Welsh word for mother is mam.

References

A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin,

Anagrams

MMA

Bahnar

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *maːm. Cognate with Sedang méam.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maːm/

Noun

mam

metal, iron, steel

Derived terms

mam hrip

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English ma'am, contraction of madam.

Noun

mam

an address to a female superior
an address to a female teacher

Czech

Etymology

Deverbal from mámit (“to deceive”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Hyphenation: mam
Rhymes: -am

Noun

mam m inan

(dated) fallacy, illusion, deception
Synonyms: blud, klam

Declension

Declension of mam (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	mam	mamy
genitive	mamu	mamů
dative	mamu	mamům
accusative	mam	mamy
vocative	mame	mamy
locative	mamu	mamech
instrumental	mamem	mamy

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɑm/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɑm

Noun

mam f (plural mammen, diminutive mammetje n)

mother

Irish

Etymology

(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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

mam f (genitive singular maime, nominative plural mamanna)

mam, mum, mom

Declension

Declension of mam

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mam	mamanna
Vocative	a mham	a mhamanna
Genitive	maime	mamanna
Dative	mam	mamanna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an mham	na mamanna
Genitive	na maime	na mamanna
Dative	leis an mam don mham	leis na mamanna

Synonyms

maime
mamaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mam	mham	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

K'iche'

Noun

mam

grandfather

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Verb

mam

first-person singular present of měś

Derived terms

mamk a hamk

Luxembourgish

Contraction

mam

contraction of mat + dem; with the

Mpade

Etymology

From Proto-Central Chadic *ɗawɨm.

Noun

mam f

References

S. Allison, Makary Kotoko Provisional Lexicon (SIL)
R.C. Gravina, The Phonology of Proto-Central Chadic

North Frisian

Etymology

Cognates include West Frisian mem.

Noun

mam f (plural mamen)

(Mooring, Föhr-Amrum) mother
mam an aatj
mother and father

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mam/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -am
Syllabification: mam

Verb

mam

first-person singular present of mieć

Verb

mam

second-person singular imperative of mamić

Noun

mam f

genitive plural of mama

Q'anjob'al

Noun

mam

father

Serbo-Croatian

Adverb

mam (Cyrillic spelling мам)

(Kajkavian) right now
(Kajkavian) immediately

Related terms

odmah

Spanish

Etymology

From the name in Mam, of Mayan origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmam/
Rhymes: -am
Syllabification: mam

Adjective

mam m or f (masculine and feminine plural mames)

(relational) Mam (of or relating to the Mam people)

Noun

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Idioma mam

Wikipedia ^es

mam m (uncountable)

Mam (language)

Noun

mam m or f by sense (plural mam or mames)

Mam

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh mam, from Proto-Brythonic *mamm, from Proto-Celtic *mammā, a baby talk word replacing Proto-Celtic *mātīr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mam/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -am

Noun

mam f (plural mamau)

Usage notes

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.

Coordinate terms

mab (“son”)
merch (“daughter”)
tad (“father”)

Derived terms

cariad mam (“maternal love”)
ein mam ni oll (“the mother of us all, the earth”)
ffigwr mam (“mother figure”)
llysfam (“stepmother”)
mam cŵn bach (“over-protective mother”)
Mam Duw (“Mother of God”)
mam ddaear (“mother earth”)
mam ddibriod (“unmarried mother”)
mam faeth (“foster mother”)
mam fedydd (“godmother”)
mam feichiog (“expectant mother”)
mam fenthyg (“surrogate mother”)
mam frenhines (“queen mother”)
mam goeden (“seed tree”)
mam miloedd (“mind-your-own-business, Soleirolia soleirolii; ivy-leaved toadflax, Cymbalaria muralis”)
mam sy'n bwydo o'r fron (“nursing mother”)
mam weddw (“widowed mother”)
mam wen (“stepmother”)
mam y drwg (“cause or root of evil”)
mam y glo (“mother of coal, impure coal in a coal seam”)
mam yng nghyfraith (“mother-in-law; wild pansy, Viola tricolor”)
mam yn ei harddegau (“teenage mother”)
mam yn Israel (“mother in Israel, elderly woman much loved by her family or community”)
Mam (“Mum, Mam, Mom”)
mam-dâp (“father tape”)
mam-gu (“grandmother”)
mameglwys (“mother-church”)
mami (“mummy, mammy, mommy”)
mamiaith (“mother tongue”)
mamol (“motherly, maternal”)
mamwlad (“mother country, fatherland”)
Môn Mam Cymru (“Anglesey, the Mother of Wales”)
parablu mam (“motherese”)
yr Hen Fam (“Church of England”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mam	fam	unchanged	mham^△
^△Irregular.
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Wemba-Wemba

Noun

mam

father

Yucatec Maya

Noun

mam

ancestor

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