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Mother's Day Welsh Phrases
Sul y Mamau
Mother's Day is called "Sul y Mamau" in Welsh. The phrase to know first is "Sul y Mamau hapus!" (Happy Mother's Day!).
Mother's Day in Wales is Sul y Mamau, "the Sunday of the mothers". It follows the British date, Mothering Sunday. Below are the greeting and the Welsh words for mum and grandmother.
Greetings
Sul y Mamau hapus!
Happy Mother's Day!
The greeting for the day. Mamau is the plural of mam, mother.
Useful words
Mam
Mum, Mam
What you call your own mother.
mam
mother
The everyday word.
mam-gu
grandmother
Literally "dear mother". Used mainly in the south.
nain
grandmother
The usual word in the north.
The history of Sul y Mamau
Mothering Sunday is celebrated in the United Kingdom, Ireland and some Commonwealth countries on the fourth Sunday in Lent, so its date moves with Easter every year. Constance Adelaide Smith revived its modern observance from 1913, and it gained popularity in response to the originally American Mother's Day. In the UK it is often called Mother's Day. The American Mother's Day falls on the second Sunday of May.
Common questions
How do you say Happy Mother's Day in Welsh?
Sul y Mamau hapus!
Is Sul y Mamau the same date as the American Mother's Day?
No. Sul y Mamau is Mothering Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Lent, in March or early April. The American Mother's Day is the second Sunday of May.
Further reading
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Sources
Every phrase and fact on this page was checked against the sources below. Last checked 2026-10-20.
- Wikipedia
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- Tatoeba: Tatoeba #2036738 by Balamax, CC BY 2.0 FR
- blas. course data
- Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org
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