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Middle Welsh
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Welsh paup, from Proto-Brythonic *pọb, from Proto-Celtic *kʷākʷos (compare Old Irish cách), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂-kʷo-; cognate with Old Church Slavonic какъ (kakŭ, “what kind of”) and Lithuanian kõks (“what kind of”).
Pronunciation
Determiner
pawb
- each, every
Pronoun
pawb
- everyone, everybody
Mutation
| Middle Welsh mutation
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| Radical |
Soft |
Nasal |
Aspirate
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| pawb |
bawb |
pawb / phawb
pronounced with /m̥-/ |
phawb
|
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
|
Descendants
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh pawb; see pob for more.
Pronunciation
Determiner
pawb
- (literary) Alternative form of pob
Pronoun
pawb m
- everyone, everybody
Related terms
Mutation
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pawb”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies