maffia
See also: Maffia
English edit
Noun edit
maffia (plural maffias)
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Italian. Perhaps from Italian mafia (“spirit of hostility to the law”) or from Sicilian mafia (“boldness, bravado”). See the Wikipedia article for more discussion of the origin of the word.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
maffia f or m (plural maffia's, diminutive maffiaatje n)
Derived terms edit
French edit
Noun edit
maffia f (plural maffias)
- Alternative spelling of mafia
Further reading edit
- “maffia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
maffia (plural maffiák)
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | maffia | maffiák |
| accusative | maffiát | maffiákat |
| dative | maffiának | maffiáknak |
| instrumental | maffiával | maffiákkal |
| causal-final | maffiáért | maffiákért |
| translative | maffiává | maffiákká |
| terminative | maffiáig | maffiákig |
| essive-formal | maffiaként | maffiákként |
| essive-modal | maffiául | — |
| inessive | maffiában | maffiákban |
| superessive | maffián | maffiákon |
| adessive | maffiánál | maffiáknál |
| illative | maffiába | maffiákba |
| sublative | maffiára | maffiákra |
| allative | maffiához | maffiákhoz |
| elative | maffiából | maffiákból |
| delative | maffiáról | maffiákról |
| ablative | maffiától | maffiáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
maffiáé | maffiáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
maffiáéi | maffiákéi |
| Possessive forms of maffia | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | maffiám | maffiáim |
| 2nd person sing. | maffiád | maffiáid |
| 3rd person sing. | maffiája | maffiái |
| 1st person plural | maffiánk | maffiáink |
| 2nd person plural | maffiátok | maffiáitok |
| 3rd person plural | maffiájuk | maffiáik |
Further reading edit
- maffia in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
maffia m (definite singular maffiaen, indefinite plural maffiaer, definite plural maffiaene)
- form removed by a 1987 spelling decision; superseded by mafia
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
maffia m (definite singular maffiaen, indefinite plural maffiaer or maffiaar, definite plural maffiaene or maffiaane)
Swedish edit
Noun edit
maffia c
- a mafia
Declension edit
| Declension of maffia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | maffia | maffian | maffior | maffiorna |
| Genitive | maffias | maffians | maffiors | maffiornas |