mám

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mam"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaːm]

Verb

mám

1. first-person singular present indicative of mít

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese mão, with influence from Cantonese 手 (sau²).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maŋ/

Noun

mám

1. (anatomy) hand

   Coordinate term: pê (“foot”)

   pê-mám ― feet and hands

   mám-fichado ― miserly, tight-fisted (literally, “hand closed”)

   mám tánto ― person who interferes with things that are not their responsibility (literally, “much hand”)

   mám cumprido ― thief; sticky-fingered, prone to stealing (literally, “long hand”)

   mám di fada ― nimble-fingered (literally, “hand of fairy”)

   mám pa trás ― idle-handed; lazy person (literally, “hand at back”)

   pegâ mám andâ rua ― to hold hands walking the streets

   cai pê-mám ― to lose one's temper; to become disoriented (literally, “to fall feet-hands”)

   mám-lárgo ― generous (literally, “big hand”)

   mám-macaco ― fidgety (literally, “monkey hand”)

   mám-fêde ― someone with a dirty mind (literally, “stinky hand”)

   mám-cutí ― doorknob (literally, “hit hand”)

2. (anatomy) arm

   pê-mám ― legs and arms

Usage notes

• mám tánto is a calque of Cantonese 多手 (do¹ sau²).

Derived terms

• dále dôs mám
• mám-di-buda
• virâ mám (“in the blink of an eye”, literally “turn hand”)

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#m

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• maám, máam

Etymology

Uncertain. Has been connected to Proto-Germanic *makaz (“fit, suitable”), though this is dubious.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaːm]

Noun

mám m (genitive máma)

1. yoke

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	mám	mámL	mámae
Vocative	mám	mámL	mámu
Accusative	mámN	mámL	mámu
Genitive	mámoH, mámaH	mámo, máma	mámaeN
Dative	mámL	mámaib	mámaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Quotations

• c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 18^c6

  Is machthad limm a threte do·rérachtid máam fírinne et soscéli; .i. i⟨s⟩ súaignid nírubtar gaítha for comairli. Is dían do·rréractid maám ind ṡoscéli.

  I marvel how quickly you pl have abandoned the yoke of righteousness and [the] gospel; i.e. it is clear that your counsels have not been wise. It is swiftly that you have abandoned the yoke of the gospel.

  (literally, “it is a wonder to me its quickness that…”)

Derived terms

• fo·ammámaigedar

Descendants

• Middle Irish: mám
  • Irish: mám

Mutation

Mutation of mám

radical	lenition	nasalization
mám also mmám after a proclitic ending in a vowel	mám pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mám”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Wastek

Noun

mám

1. grandfather

References

• wordlist