משפחה

See also: משפּחה

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
שׁ־פ־ח (sh-p-kh)
2 terms

Perhaps related to שִׁפְחָה (shifkhá, female slave).

Pronunciation

  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /miʃpaˈχa/
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Noun

מִשְׁפָּחָה • (mishpakháf (plural indefinite מִשְׁפָּחוֹת, singular construct מִשְׁפַּחַת־) [pattern: מִקְטָלָה]

  1. family (a group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family)
  2. (biology, taxonomy) family (a category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank)

Declension

Declension of מִשְׁפָּחָה
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite מִשְׁפָּחָה first מִשְׁפַּחְתִּי מִשְׁפַּחְתֵּנוּ
definite הַמִּשְׁפָּחָה second מִשְׁפַּחְתְּךָ מִשְׁפַּחְתֵּךְ מִשְׁפַּחְתְּכֶם מִשְׁפַּחְתְּכֶן
construct מִשְׁפַּחַת־ third מִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹ מִשְׁפַּחְתָּהּ מִשְׁפַּחְתָּם מִשְׁפַּחְתָּן
plural indefinite מִשְׁפָּחוֹת first משפחותיי / מִשְׁפְּחוֹתַי מִשְׁפְּחוֹתֵינוּ
definite הַמִּשְׁפָּחוֹת second מִשְׁפְּחוֹתֶיךָ משפחותייך / מִשְׁפְּחוֹתַיִךְ מִשְׁפְּחוֹתֵיכֶם מִשְׁפְּחוֹתֵיכֶן
construct מִשְׁפְּחוֹת־ third מִשְׁפְּחוֹתָיו מִשְׁפְּחוֹתֶיהָ מִשְׁפְּחוֹתָם מִשְׁפְּחוֹתָן

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Yiddish: משפּחה (mishpokhe), מישפּאָכע (mishpokhe)Soviet phonetic spelling
    • Dutch: misjpooche
    • German: Mischpoche, Mischpoke
    • Hungarian: mispóche

References

Further reading

Yiddish

Noun

משפחה • (mishpokhef

  1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of משפּחה (mishpokhe).