משפחה

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Hebrew

Etymology

Root
שׁ־פ־ח (sh-p-kh)

Perhaps related to שִׁפְחָה (shifkhá, female slave).

Pronunciation

Noun

מִשְׁפָּחָה (mishpakháf (plural indefinite מִשְׁפָּחוֹת, singular construct מִשְׁפַּחַת־)

  1. (countable) family (a group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family)
  2. (countable, biology, taxonomy) family (a category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank)

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Yiddish

Noun

משפחה (mishpokhef

  1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of משפּחה (mishpokhe).