maffia

See also: Maffia

English

Noun

maffia (plural maffias)

  1. Dated form of mafia.

Dutch

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
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.fi.aː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: maf‧fia

Noun

maffia f or m (plural maffia's, diminutive maffiaatje n)

  1. mafia

Derived terms
  • maffiabaas
  • maffiamaat

French

Noun

maffia f (plural maffias)

  1. Alternative spelling of mafia

Further reading

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒfːijɒ]
  • Hyphenation: maf‧fia
  • Rhymes: -jɒ

Noun

maffia (plural maffiák)

  1. mafia

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

maffia m (definite singular maffiaen, indefinite plural maffiaer, definite plural maffiaene)

  1. form removed by a 1987 spelling decision; superseded by mafia

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

maffia m (definite singular maffiaen, indefinite plural maffiaer or maffiaar, definite plural maffiaene or maffiaane)

  1. (pre-1987) alternative form of mafia

Swedish

Noun

maffia c

  1. a mafia

Declension
Declension of maffia 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative maffia maffian maffior maffiorna
Genitive maffias maffians maffiors maffiornas

References
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