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fară
clan, kin-group (and by extension, a people or nation) /ˈfa.rə/
noun#669 most common
Also: kin group, lineage, stock, people, nation
Example sentences
Fara mea este mare.
My clan is large.
Toți din fara noastră se cunosc.
Everyone in our clan knows each other.
Bunicul povestea des despre fara lui.
Grandfather often told stories about his clan.
Fiecare fară aromânească avea un cap de familie respectat.
Each Aromanian clan had a respected head of family.
Structura fării reglementa relațiile sociale în satele aromâne din Pind.
The structure of the clan regulated social relations in the Aromanian villages of the Pindus.
Conceptul de fară, moștenit din contactul cu albaneza, arată cum rudenia și descendența comună au structurat identitatea etnică a aromânilor de-a lungul secolelor.
The concept of the fara, inherited from contact with Albanian, shows how kinship and common descent shaped the ethnic identity of the Aromanians over the centuries.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fară | fări |
| Genitive | fări | fărilor |
| Accusative | fară | fări |
| Vocative | fară | fări |
Word family
farăclan, kin-group (indefinite)
farathe clan, the people (definite form, used in names like Fara Armãneascã)
făriclans, kin-groups (plural)
Etymology
Fară is an Aromanian word, not part of standard Daco-Romanian vocabulary. It comes from contact between Aromanian shepherd communities and Albanian speakers in the Balkans, borrowing the Albanian word farë, which means 'seed' and, figuratively, 'stock' or 'lineage'. Among Aromanians the word came to mean a clan or kin group, and by extension the whole people, as in the name Fara Armãneascã, 'the Aromanian nation'.
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