different between sab vs mab

English

Etymology

Short for sabotage.

Verb

sab (third-person singular simple present sabs, present participle sabbing, simple past and past participle sabbed)

1. (informal) To sabotage, especially fox hunts in opposition to blood sports.

Noun

sab (plural sabs)

1. (informal) A saboteur, especially of fox hunts.

Anagrams

• ABS, ABs, Abs, B. A. S., B.A.S., B.A.s, BAS, BAs, BSA, SBA, abs, abs-, abs., bas

Catalan

Verb

sab

1. Obsolete form of sap.

Cornish

Noun

sab f (singulative saben)

1. pines

Synonyms

• pin

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French sable (“sand”)

Noun

sab

1. sand

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (?a??ba). Compare Moroccan Arabic ???? (??b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa?p/

Verb

sab (imperfect jsib, past participle misjub)

1. to find
   1. to find (something) useful
2. to catch
3. to look for
4. to find out, to realise

Conjugation

Scots

Noun

sab (plural sabs)

1. sob

Verb

sab

1. sob

English

Noun

mab (plural mabs)

1. (obsolete) A slattern.

Verb

mab (third-person singular simple present mabs, present participle mabbing, simple past and past participle mabbed)

1. (obsolete) To dress untidily.

References

Webster, Noah (1828) , “mab”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language

Anagrams

• ABM, B. M. A., BMA, Bam, MBA, Mba, amb, amb., bam

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *mab, from Proto-Celtic *mak?os.

Noun

mab m (plural mibien)

1. son

Inflection

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *mab, from Proto-Celtic *mak?os.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mæ?b]

Noun

mab m (plural mebyon)

1. son
2. male child, boy

Synonyms

• (boy): maw

Derived terms

• mab-wynn

Mutation

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *mab, from Proto-Celtic *mak?os.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?b/

Noun

mab m (plural meibion)

1. boy, son, infant, child (of either sex), minor, youth
2. descendant
3. man, male

Coordinate terms

• mam (“mother”)
• merch (“daughter”)
• tad (“father”)

Mutation

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