# mam
## Translingual
### Symbol

mam
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Mam.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Mam terms

## 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.

#### See also

* ma'am

### See also

* nuoc mam

### References

* Bill Griffiths, editor (2004), “mam”, in A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: Northumbria University Press, →ISBN.
* Scott Dobson, Dick Irwin “mam”, in Newcastle 1970s: Durham & Tyneside Dialect Group‎, archived from the original on 2024-09-05.

### Anagrams

* MMA, Amm, amm

## Bahnar
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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 of mámit (“to deceive”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmam]
* Hyphenation: mam
* Rhymes: -am

### Noun

mam m inan
* (dated) fallacy, illusion, deception
    Synonyms: blud, klam

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “mam”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “mam”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “mam”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑm/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑm

### Noun

mam f (plural mammen, diminutive mammetje n)
* mother (mum)
    Synonyms: moeder, moe

## 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: [mˠamˠ]

### Noun

mam f (genitive singular maime, nominative plural mamanna)
* mam, mum, mom

#### 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

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mam”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## K'iche'
### Noun

mam
* grandfather

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mam]

### 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
* honey
* bee
* swarm

### 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 (Föhr-Amrum) mamen or (Mooring) mamne)
* (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring) mother, mum
    mam an aatj ― mother and father (Föhr-Amrum)

#### Usage notes

* In Mooring dialect it inflects in the same was as taatje (see there):
       Hääst dü mamen sänj? ― Have you seen Mother?
       Ik hääw anjörsne din mam sänj. ― I saw your mother yesterday.

### See also

* Mooter (Sylt)

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmam/
* 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

### Further reading

* mam in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## 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: /ˈmam/ [ˈmãm]
* Rhymes: -am
* Syllabification: mam

### Adjective

mam m or f (masculine and feminine plural mames)
* (relational) Mam (of or relating to the Mam people)

### Noun

mam m (uncountable)
* Mam (language)

### Noun

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

### Further reading

* “mam”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈmam/ [ˈmam]
* Rhymes: -am
* Syllabification: mam

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English ma'am, is a contraction of madam.

#### Noun

mam (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋ᜔)
* Alternative form of madam

##### Derived terms

* mamsir

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

mam (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋ᜔) (childish)
* Alternative form of mamam

## Welsh
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mam/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -am

### Noun

mam f (plural mamau)
* mother
* ancestress
* dam
* queen bee

#### 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 (“Mum, Mam, Mom”)
* 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-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

$^△$Irregular.
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), “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