maffia
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See also: Maffia
Noun
maffia (plural maffias)
Etymology
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
Noun
maffia f or m (plural maffia's, diminutive maffiaatje n)
Derived terms
- maffiabaas
- maffiamaat
Noun
maffia f (plural maffias)
- Alternative spelling of mafia
Further reading
- “maffia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Pronunciation
Noun
maffia (plural maffiák)
Declension
| 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
- 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
Noun
maffia m (definite singular maffiaen, indefinite plural maffiaer, definite plural maffiaene)
- form removed by a 1987 spelling decision; superseded by mafia
Noun
maffia m (definite singular maffiaen, indefinite plural maffiaer or maffiaar, definite plural maffiaene or maffiaane)
Noun
maffia c
- a mafia
Declension
Declension of maffia
Related terms
References
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