mham

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m̥am/

Noun

mham

1. (North Wales, colloquial) Aspirate mutation of mam.

Usage notes

In standard Welsh, M is not affected by the aspirate mutation. However, 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.

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.