missier
Maltese edit
Etymology edit
From older Sicilian misseri, from Old Occitan meser. Cognate with French monsieur, obsolete Italian messere. Displaced native Maltese bu.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
missier m (plural missirijiet or misserijiet, feminine omm)
- father
- Synonym: (obsolete) bu
- c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 19:32:
- Ejja nisqu l-inbid lil missierna u norqdu miegħu, u nżommu n-nisel ħaj minn missierna.
- New International Version translation: Let’s get our father to drink wine and then sleep with him and preserve our family line through our father.”
- (chiefly in the plural) forefather, ancestor
- Synonym: antenat
- Dawn id-drawwiet writniehom mingħand missirijietna.
- We have inherited these customs from our forefathers.
Inflection edit
| Inflected forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal-pronoun- including forms |
singular | plural | |
| m | f | ||
| 1st person | missieri | missierna | |
| 2nd person | missierek | missierkom | |
| 3rd person | missieru | missierha | missierhom |