Mam

Mam

1. A Mayan language spoken in the Mexican state of Chiapas and the Guatemalan departments of Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango, San Marcos, and Retalhuleu.

From Welsh Mam (“Mum, Mom”).

Mam

1. (informal, Wales, Ireland) One’s mother.

   Synonyms: Mom, Mommy, Mother, Mummy, Mum

   Antonym: Dad

   Need a cwtch from Mam I do.

• MMA

Proprialisation of mam.

• IPA^(key): /mam/

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• Rhymes: -am

Mam f

1. Mum, Mam, Mom

• Being the name of a person, this proper noun remains unmutated. Note the difference, for example, between:
  • Cafodd y llyfr yma ei ysgrifennu i Mam.

    This book was written for Mum.

  • Cafodd y llyfr yma ei ysgrifennu i fam.

    This book was written for a mother.

• Welsh uses Mam in place of a possessive determiner + mam more readily than standard English, for example:
  • Sut mae Mam?

    How’s your mum?

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

• 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