See also: عايلة and عائله

Arabic edit

Root
ع و ل (ʕ-w-l)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʕaː.ʔi.la/
  • (file)

Noun edit

عَائِلَة (ʕāʔilaf (plural عَائِلَات (ʕāʔilāt) or عَوَائِل (ʕawāʔil))

  1. (collective) family
    Synonym: أُسْرَة (ʔusra)

Declension edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “عول”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Moroccan Arabic edit

Root
ع و ل
2 terms

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Arabic عَائِلَة (ʕāʔila). Doublet of عايلة (ʕāyla) and عيلة (ʕayla, ʕīla).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

عائلة (ʕāʔilaf (plural عائلات (ʕāʔilāt))

  1. family