familja

From Latin familia (“family, household”), from famulus (“servant, slave”).

• IPA^(key): /faˈmɪlja/

familja f (genitive singular familju, plural familjur)

1. family
2. clan, lineage

• húski
• ætt, slekt

Borrowed from Italian famiglia.

• IPA^(key): /faˈmɪl.ja/

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familja f (construct state familt, plural familji)

1. family

   tal-familja ― relatives

   raġel tal-familja ― a family man

   ġie bis-Sagra Familja (pejorative) ― to come with all the family

2. lineage, family, kind
3. (linguistics) family