fal
English
editVerb
editfal
- Obsolete spelling of fall.
- 1599, W. Kinsayder or Theriomastix [pseudonyms; John Marston], The Scourge of Villanie. […], London: […] I[ames] R[oberts], →OCLC; republished as G[eorge] B[agshawe] Harrison, editor, The Scourge of Villanie (The Bodley Head Quartos; 13), London: John Lane, The Bodley Head […]; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Company, 1925, →OCLC:
- By chaunce, in Livias modest company; / When, after the god-saving ceremony, / For want of talke-stuffe, fals to foinery; / Out goes his rapier, and to Livia / He shewes the ward by puncta reversa
Anagrams
editAlbanian
editEtymology
editUncertain. Proposals include:
- Inherited from Proto-Indo-European, akin to Ancient Greek σφάλλω (sphállō, “to overthrow”).[1][2]
- Borrowed from South Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *xvaliti (“to praise”), compare Macedonian фали (fali), Serbo-Croatian hváliti/хва́лити.[3]
Pronunciation
editVerb
editfal (aorist fala, participle falur)
- to forgive, pardon
- më falni ― sorry (literally, “forgive me”)
- to give (as a present), offer, bestow
- Synonym: dhuroj
- 1937, Gjergj Fishta, “XIV — Te ura e rrzhanicës”, in Lahuta e Malcís, lines 153–154:
- Madhi Zot! tý t' kjofsha falë, / Se shum shkjau na paska dalë
- Great God! May I be bestowed to you,[4] how many Slavs come to us!
- to lend
- Synonym: huaj
- to worship (a god); to celebrate (a ceremony, festivity, etc.)
- fal bajramin ― to celebrate Eid
- to greet, salute
- Synonym: përshëndet
- to turn off
- to bend over
- (third person) to set (of the sun)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Çabej, E. (1986) Studime gjuhësore (in Albanian), volume I, Prishtinë: Rilindja, page 173f.
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “fal”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 93
- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “faľ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 98
- ^ Flora, Koleci (2022) “Tradurre il testo e … tradire il contesto”, in Lingue e linguaggi, volume 48, , page 165
- “fal”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 446f.
Azerbaijani
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic فَأْل (“good omen”).
Noun
editfal (definite accusative falı, plural fallar)
- divination, fortune-telling
- fala baxmaq ― to tell fortunes
- a sample of a fruit, such as melon or watermelon, cut out by the vendor and presented to the potential buyer
- a piece (of bread)
Declension
editDeclension of fal | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | fal |
fallar | ||||||
definite accusative | falı |
falları | ||||||
dative | fala |
fallara | ||||||
locative | falda |
fallarda | ||||||
ablative | faldan |
fallardan | ||||||
definite genitive | falın |
falların |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “fal” in Obastan.com.
Crimean Tatar
editEtymology
editFrom Arabic فَأْل (“good omen”).
Noun
editfal
Declension
editDerived terms
editReferences
editHungarian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Ugric *påda, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *padɜ. Cognates include Finnish pato (“dam”). [1][2]
Noun
editfal (plural falak)
Declension
editInflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | fal | falak |
accusative | falat | falakat |
dative | falnak | falaknak |
instrumental | fallal | falakkal |
causal-final | falért | falakért |
translative | fallá | falakká |
terminative | falig | falakig |
essive-formal | falként | falakként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | falban | falakban |
superessive | falon | falakon |
adessive | falnál | falaknál |
illative | falba | falakba |
sublative | falra | falakra |
allative | falhoz | falakhoz |
elative | falból | falakból |
delative | falról | falakról |
ablative | faltól | falaktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
falé | falaké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
faléi | falakéi |
Possessive forms of fal | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | falam | falaim |
2nd person sing. | falad | falaid |
3rd person sing. | fala | falai |
1st person plural | falunk | falaink |
2nd person plural | falatok | falaitok |
3rd person plural | faluk | falaik |
Derived terms
edit- alapfal
- bordásfal
- boronafal
- deszkafal
- előszobafal
- érfal
- főfal
- függönyfal
- gyámfal
- gyomorfal
- hangfal
- hasfal
- hátfal
- házfal
- homlokfal
- kantfal
- közfal
- kőfal
- lécfal
- műszerfal
- oldalfal
- oromfal
- partfal
- paticsfal
- rabicfal
- rekeszfal
- sejtfal
- siratófal
- sorfal
- sövényfal
- spanyolfal
- svédfal
- szádfal
- szárnyfal
- szekrényfal
- szerelékfal
- szerelvényfal
- szénfal
- sziklafal
- szirtfal
- színfal
- támaszfal
- támfal
- téglafal
- tolófal
- tűzfal
- urnafal
- üvegfal
- vakfal
- válaszfal, választófal
- vályogfal
- várfal
- városfal
- vendégfal
- védfal
- védőfal
Etymology 2
editFrom Proto-Uralic *pala- (“to devour”). Cognates include Finnish palaa (“to burn”).
Verb
editfal
- (transitive, intransitive) to devour, gorge, wolf, scarf (eat greedily, voraciously, or ravenously)
Conjugation
editClick for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | falok | falsz | fal | falunk | faltok | falnak | |
Def. | falom | falod | falja | faljuk | faljátok | falják | |||
2nd-p. o. | fallak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | faltam | faltál | falt | faltunk | faltatok | faltak | ||
Def. | faltam | faltad | falta | faltuk | faltátok | falták | |||
2nd-p. o. | faltalak | ― | |||||||
Future | Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. falni fog. | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | falék | falál | fala | falánk | falátok | falának | ||
Def. | falám | falád | falá | falánk | falátok | falák | |||
2nd-p. o. | falálak | ― | |||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. fal vala, falt vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | falandok | falandasz | faland | falandunk | falandotok | falandanak | ||
Def. | falandom | falandod | falandja | falandjuk | falandjátok | falandják | |||
2nd-p. o. | falandalak | ― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | falnék | falnál | falna | falnánk | falnátok | falnának | |
Def. | falnám | falnád | falná | falnánk (or falnók) |
falnátok | falnák | |||
2nd-p. o. | falnálak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. falt volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | faljak | falj or faljál |
faljon | faljunk | faljatok | faljanak | |
Def. | faljam | fald or faljad |
falja | faljuk | faljátok | falják | |||
2nd-p. o. | faljalak | ― | |||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. falt légyen | ||||||||
Infinitive | falni | falnom | falnod | falnia | falnunk | falnotok | falniuk | ||
Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
falás | faló | falt | falandó | falva (falván) | |||||
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs). | |||||||||
Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | falhatok | falhatsz | falhat | falhatunk | falhattok | falhatnak | |
Def. | falhatom | falhatod | falhatja | falhatjuk | falhatjátok | falhatják | |||
2nd-p. o. | falhatlak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | falhattam | falhattál | falhatott | falhattunk | falhattatok | falhattak | ||
Def. | falhattam | falhattad | falhatta | falhattuk | falhattátok | falhatták | |||
2nd-p. o. | falhattalak | ― | |||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | falhaték | falhatál | falhata | falhatánk | falhatátok | falhatának | ||
Def. | falhatám | falhatád | falhatá | falhatánk | falhatátok | falhaták | |||
2nd-p. o. | falhatálak | ― | |||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. falhat vala, falhatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | falhatandok or falandhatok |
falhatandasz or falandhatsz |
falhatand or falandhat |
falhatandunk or falandhatunk |
falhatandotok or falandhattok |
falhatandanak or falandhatnak | ||
Def. | falhatandom or falandhatom |
falhatandod or falandhatod |
falhatandja or falandhatja |
falhatandjuk or falandhatjuk |
falhatandjátok or falandhatjátok |
falhatandják or falandhatják | |||
2nd-p. o. | falhatandalak or falandhatlak |
― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | falhatnék | falhatnál | falhatna | falhatnánk | falhatnátok | falhatnának | |
Def. | falhatnám | falhatnád | falhatná | falhatnánk (or falhatnók) |
falhatnátok | falhatnák | |||
2nd-p. o. | falhatnálak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. falhatott volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | falhassak | falhass or falhassál |
falhasson | falhassunk | falhassatok | falhassanak | |
Def. | falhassam | falhasd or falhassad |
falhassa | falhassuk | falhassátok | falhassák | |||
2nd-p. o. | falhassalak | ― | |||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. falhatott légyen | ||||||||
Inf. | (falhatni) | (falhatnom) | (falhatnod) | (falhatnia) | (falhatnunk) | (falhatnotok) | (falhatniuk) | ||
Positive adjective | falható | Neg. adj. | falhatatlan | Adv. part. | (falhatva / falhatván) | ||||
Derived terms
edit(With verbal prefixes):
References
edit- ^ Entry #687 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- ^ fal in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
edit- (wall): fal 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
- (to devour): fal 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
- fal in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
Icelandic
editNoun
editfal
Kott
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Yeniseian *ʔapV ("hotness, sweat"). Compare Assan palá, pfóltu, paltu ("hot").
Adjective
editfal
Related terms
editLadin
editNoun
editfal m (plural fai)
Luxembourgish
editVerb
editfal
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English feall, from Proto-Germanic *fallaz.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfal (plural falles)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “fal, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editfal (neuter falt, definite singular and plural fale, comparative falare, indefinite superlative falast, definite superlative falaste)
References
edit- “fal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
editVerb
editfal
Polish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editfal f
Swedish
editEtymology
editAdjective
editfal (not comparable)
Declension
editInflection of fal | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | fal | — | — |
Neuter singular | falt | — | — |
Plural | fala | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | fale | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | fale | — | — |
All | fala | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Related terms
editReferences
edit- fal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)
- fal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Anagrams
editTurkish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editfal (definite accusative falı, plural fallar)
Declension
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Nominative | fal | fallar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | falı | falları | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | fala | fallara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | falda | fallarda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | faldan | fallardan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | falın | falların | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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See also
editVolapük
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English fall and German Fall.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfal (nominative plural fals)
- the action of falling
- (grammar) grammatical case (in classic or original Volapük (Volapük rigik: kimfal (“nominative”), kimafal (“genitive”), borrowed from German Fall (“case”))
Declension
editDerived terms
edit- English lemmas
- English verbs
- English obsolete forms
- English terms with quotations
- Albanian terms with unknown etymologies
- Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Albanian terms borrowed from South Slavic languages
- Albanian terms derived from South Slavic languages
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Albanian 1-syllable words
- Albanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Albanian/al
- Rhymes:Albanian/al/1 syllable
- Albanian lemmas
- Albanian verbs
- Albanian terms with usage examples
- Albanian terms with quotations
- Albanian terms with collocations
- Azerbaijani terms borrowed from Arabic
- Azerbaijani terms derived from Arabic
- Azerbaijani terms derived from the Arabic root ف ء ل
- Azerbaijani lemmas
- Azerbaijani nouns
- Azerbaijani terms with collocations
- Crimean Tatar terms derived from Arabic
- Crimean Tatar terms derived from the Arabic root ف ء ل
- Crimean Tatar lemmas
- Crimean Tatar nouns
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɒl
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɒl/1 syllable
- Hungarian terms inherited from Proto-Ugric
- Hungarian terms derived from Proto-Ugric
- Hungarian terms inherited from Proto-Finno-Ugric
- Hungarian terms derived from Proto-Finno-Ugric
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian nouns
- Hungarian terms inherited from Proto-Uralic
- Hungarian terms derived from Proto-Uralic
- Hungarian verbs
- Hungarian transitive verbs
- Hungarian intransitive verbs
- Hungarian three-letter words
- Hungarian terms with multiple lemma etymologies
- Hungarian terms with noun and verb etymologies
- Icelandic non-lemma forms
- Icelandic noun forms
- Kott terms derived from Proto-Yeniseian
- Kott lemmas
- Kott adjectives
- Ladin lemmas
- Ladin nouns
- Ladin masculine nouns
- Luxembourgish non-lemma forms
- Luxembourgish verb forms
- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk adjectives
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with archaic senses
- Old Norse non-lemma forms
- Old Norse verb forms
- Polish 1-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish non-lemma forms
- Polish noun forms
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish adjectives
- Swedish dated terms
- Swedish uncomparable adjectives
- Turkish terms derived from Arabic
- Turkish terms with audio links
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish nouns
- Volapük terms borrowed from English
- Volapük terms derived from English
- Volapük terms borrowed from German
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- Volapük terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Volapük nouns
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