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Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin familia (“family”). Compare also Romanian femeie, Aromanian fumealji, fumelj. Doublet of familje.
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /fəˈmijə/
Noun
fëmíjë f (plural fëmíjë, definite fëmíja, definite plural fëmíjët)
- child, offspring, toddler
- Synonyms: foshnjë, bemile, kalama
- (in the plural) younger generation; youth
- Synonym: brezi
- Fëmija pa nënë është si nata pa hënë. ― A child without a mother is like a night without the moon.
- (colloquial) immature, inexperienced person; child
- Synonym: kalama
- Mos u bëj si fëmijë! ― Don't be(come) like a child!
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Further reading
- “fëmijë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980