How to say "family" in Arabic
New wordMeaningfamily
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
عَائِلَة
ʿāʾilaעאאלה
عائلة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
משפחה
mishpakhaمِشْپَاخَا
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
عِيلِة
ʿēleעילהʿāʾila shrinks to ʿēle in speech: ʿēltī = my family.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
عِيلَة
ʿēlaעילהCairo: ʿēla (ʿēlti — 'my family').
In a phrase
عَائِلَتِي كَبِيرَة
ʿāʾilatī kabīraעאאלתי כבירהMy family is big.
Plural
عَائِلَات
ʿāʾilātעאאלאתsound feminine plural -āt: ʿāʾilāt.