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عائِلَة
family /ˈʕaːʔila/
nounA1#206 most common
Also: household, relatives, kin
Example sentences
عائِلَتي كَبيرة.
My family is big.
أُحِبُّ قَضاءَ الوَقتِ مَعَ عائِلَتي.
I love spending time with my family.
تَعيشُ عائِلَتُهُ في مَدينةٍ صَغيرةٍ قُربَ البَحر.
His family lives in a small town near the sea.
قَرَّرَتِ العائِلَةُ الانتِقالَ إلى مَدينةٍ أُخرى بَحثاً عَن فُرَصٍ أَفضَل.
The family decided to move to another city in search of better opportunities.
رَغمَ الخِلافات، ظَلَّتِ العائِلَةُ مُتَماسِكَةً في أَصعَبِ الأَوقات.
Despite the disagreements, the family stayed united in the hardest times.
تُشَكِّلُ العائِلَةُ المُمتَدَّةُ، بِما تَحمِلُهُ مِن قِيَمٍ وَتَقاليد، حَجَرَ الزّاويةِ في الحَياةِ الاجتِماعيّةِ العَرَبيّة.
The extended family, with the values and traditions it carries, forms the cornerstone of Arab social life.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عائِلةٌ | عائِلاتٌ |
| Genitive | عائِلةٍ | عائِلاتٍ |
| Accusative | عائِلةً | عائِلاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا عائِلةُ | يا عائِلاتُ |
Word family
عائِلِيّ (ʿāʾilī)familial, family-related
عِيال (ʿiyāl)dependents
مُعيل (muʿīl)breadwinner
عالَ (ʿāla)to provide for
Etymology
عائِلة is the feminine active participle of the verb عالَ (ʿāla), 'to support or provide for.' It is built on the Semitic root ع-و-ل (ʿ-w-l), tied to feeding and maintaining dependents. The family is, in the literal sense, the group that a provider sustains. The related noun عِيال (ʿiyāl) still means 'dependents.'
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