missier

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Maltese

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Etymology

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From older Sicilian misseri, from Old Occitan meser. Cognate with French monsieur, obsolete Italian messere. Displaced native Maltese bu.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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missier m (plural missirijiet or misserijiet, feminine omm)

  1. father
    Synonym: (obsolete) bu
  2. (chiefly in the plural) forefather, ancestor
    Synonym: antenat
    Dawn id-drawwiet writniehom mingħand missirijietna.
    We have inherited these customs from our forefathers.

Inflection

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    Inflected forms
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
singular plural
m f
1st person missieri missierna
2nd person missierek missierkom
3rd person missieru missierha missierhom

Derived terms

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