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fala

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fala"

Asturian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin fābula.

Noun edit

fala f (plural fales)

  1. speaking, speech

Related terms edit

Verb edit

fala

  1. third-person singular present indicative of falar
  2. second-person singular imperative of falar

Fala edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese fala, from Latin fābula (“discourse; narrative”).

Noun edit

fala f (countable and uncountable, plural falas)

  1. (uncountable, with definite article) Fala (Romance language of northwestern Extremadura)
    • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme IV, Chapter 2: O “Oiru” i o “Moiru” do diptongu “au” latinu:
      É algu que poi dal traballu a os estudiosus da fala, […]
      It is something which may be complicated for Fala scholars, […]
  2. (countable) a language or language variant, especially a minority or regional one
    • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 2: Númerus?:
      As lenguas, idiomas, dialectus o falas tenin un-as funciós mui claras desde o principiu dos siglu i si hai contabilizaus en o mundu un-as 8.000 lenguas, ca un-a con sua importancia numérica relativa, a nossa fala é un tesoiru mais entre elas.
      The tongues, languages or regional variants have some very clear functions since the beginning of the centuries and some 8,000 languages have been accounted for in the world, each with its relative numerical importance, our Fala is another treasure among them.
Related terms edit
  • falal (“to speak, to talk”)

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

fala

  1. third-person singular present indicative of falal (“to speak”)
  2. second-person singular imperative of falal (“to speak”)

References edit

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎[2], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician edit

 
1917. ID card, Amigos da Fala ("Friends of the [Galician] Language")

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese fala (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin fābula (“discourse; narrative”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fala m (plural falas)

  1. voice, speech (faculty of speech)
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Cronica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación "Pedro Barrié de la Maza, Conde de Fenosa", page 567:
      Ata meodía nõ cobrou sua fala, nẽ seu entendemento.
      Till noon he didn't recover his voice nor his mind
    • 1779, Diego Antonio Cernadas, Obras en Prosa y Verso, Madrid, page 315:
      Co o desexo de acordarvos, que en Galicia o seu funduxe ten a vosa nobre fruxe, vou en Gallego a falarvos: De esto non hai que estrañarvos; antes ben, facendo gala de esta nación, estimá-la, e si porque moito dista, non a conocés de vista, conocedea pola fala
      With the desire to make you remember that in Galicia your noble lineage has its foundation, I'm gonna speak to you in Galician: no need to wonder for this; rather, taking pride of this nation, to love it, and if because of the distance, you don't know it by sight, let's you know it by its speech.
  2. a language, a dialect or a sociolect
    • 1859, José Domínguez d'Esquerdo, Entonces e agora ou Coroas e cadeas do fidalgo povo galicián:
      deprende a fala francesa, ingresa ou italián, e non construie a galícea, encolle o lombo, cand'ouce falare do país en que nasceu!
      he learns the French, the English or the Italian languages, but can't elaborate in Galician, he flinches when he hears about the country where he was born!
  3. Galego, Galician language
    • 1917, anonymous author, A Nosa Terra, number 7:
      Fai pouco tempo, e ben pouco por nosa indiferenza, qu'un feixe d'homes de vontade de ferro, axuntaronse, formando a santa e nobre Irmandade da Fala.
      Sometime ago, a very short time ago because of our indifference, a handful of men with an iron will, joining together, founded the holy and noble Brotherhood of the Fala.
  4. Fala (Galician-Portuguese language of northwestern Extremadura, in Spain)
  5. word, tale
  6. speech, expression

Related terms edit

Verb edit

fala

  1. inflection of falar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References edit

  • “fala” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “fala” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “fala” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “fala” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “fala” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Guinea-Bissau Creole edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Portuguese falar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu fala.

Verb edit

fala

  1. to say
  2. to speak
  3. to talk

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

fal (“wall”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɒlɒ]
  • Hyphenation: fa‧la

Noun edit

fala

  1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of fal

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative fala —
accusative falát —
dative falának —
instrumental falával —
causal-final faláért —
translative falává —
terminative faláig —
essive-formal falaként —
essive-modal falául —
inessive falában —
superessive falán —
adessive falánál —
illative falába —
sublative falára —
allative falához —
elative falából —
delative faláról —
ablative falától —
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		faláé —
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		faláéi —

Icelandic edit

Noun edit

fala

  1. indefinite genitive plural of falur

Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish fola, apparently a specialized form of Old Irish folud (“goods and services owed in virtue of a contract”).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fala f (genitive singular fala, nominative plural falta)

  1. grudge, spite, resentment, feud

Declension edit

Declension of fala

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fala falta
Vocative a fhala a fhalta
Genitive fala falta
Dative fala falta

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fhala na falta
Genitive na fala na bhfalta
Dative leis an bhfala

don fhala

leis na falta

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fala fhala bhfala
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 fola, fala”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 102

Further reading edit

Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin fala, from Etruscan 𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌀 (fala).

Noun edit

fala f (plural fale)

  1. a siege tower

Anagrams edit

Kabuverdianu edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese falar.

Verb edit

fala

  1. speak

References edit

  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Etruscan 𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌀 (fala).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fala f (genitive falae); first declension

  1. (military) a siege tower

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fala falae
Genitive falae falārum
Dative falae falīs
Accusative falam falās
Ablative falā falīs
Vocative fala falae

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • “fala”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fala in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Malagasy edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaq, from Proto-Austronesian *palaq.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fala

  1. vagina, vulva

Old Galician-Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From Latin fābula (“discourse, narrative”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fala f

  1. discourse, narrative

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Fala: fala
  • Galician: fala
  • Portuguese: fala

Polish edit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology edit

Borrowed from German Welle.[1][2][3][4] First attested in 1594.[5] Displaced wełn.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fala f (related adjective falowy)

  1. wave (rise in water caused by wind or underwater seismic movements)
  2. wave, surge (intensification of some phenomena)
    1. (obsolete) surge, burst, flurry (sudden onset of precipitation)
  3. wave, surge (very large number of people gathered in some place and constantly moving somewhere)
    Synonym: przypływ
    Fala turystów wracających z wakacji spowodowała korki na drogach. ― A wave of tourists returning from their holidays caused traffic jams on the roads.
  4. wave, surge (sudden appearance of intense feelings and sensations)
    Synonyms: przypływ, (obsolete) przystęp
  5. (physics) wave (moving disturbance in the energy level of a field)
  6. wave; curl (hairstyle resembling a wave)
    Synonym: karb
  7. bullying (teasing from a higher grade to a lower grade in school, etc.)
  8. (military) time remaining until the end of military service
  9. (military) soldiers from a singular draft
  10. wave (moving disturbance, undulation)
  11. (physics) wave (moving disturbance in a field)
  12. wave (sudden, but temporary, uptick in something)
    Synonyms: nasilenie, przypływ
  13. crowd, wave (large group of people)
    Synonym: przypływ
    Hypernym: tłum

Declension edit

Declension of fala
singular plural
nominative fala fale
genitive fali fal
dative fali falom
accusative falę fale
instrumental falą falami
locative fali falach
vocative falo fale

Derived terms edit

adjectives
adverbs
nouns
prepositions
verbs
verbs

Descendants edit

Trivia edit

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), fala is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 65 times in scientific texts, 16 times in news, 8 times in essays, 17 times in fiction, and 4 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 110 times, making it the 558th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “fala”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  2. ^ Mańczak, Witold (2017) “fala”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
  3. ^ Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “fala”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
  4. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “fala”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  5. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “fala”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  6. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “fala”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 116

Further reading edit

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese fala, from Latin fābula (“discourse, narrative”). Compare fábula, a borrowed doublet.

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

fala f (plural falas)

  1. (uncountable) speech (the ability to speak; the state of not being mute)
    Antonyms: afonia, mudez
  2. a speech, a discourse
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:conversa
    A fala da personagem
    The character's speech
    Justo na hora de sua apresentação, ele esqueceu sua fala.
    Right on time the for his presentation, he forgot his speech.
  3. accent (the way someone speaks)
    Synonyms: dicção, linguajar, pronúncia, sotaque
    A fala dele é muito engraçada.
    His accent is very funny.
  4. a dialect or regional variant of a language
    Synonyms: dialeto, variante
  5. a line of dialogue in a screenplay or script
    Ele praticava sua fala, um tanto nervoso.
    He practiced his line, nervously.
  6. (Brazil, informal) used to greet someone (equivalent to english sup)
    Fala Rodrigo, beleza?
    Sup Rodrigo, you good?
Quotations edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:fala.

Derived terms edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

fala

  1. inflection of falar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
Quotations edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:falar.

Romanian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fala f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of fală

Samoan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *fala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?] (compare Indonesian pandan, Hawaiian hala).

Noun edit

fala

  1. the screw pine, pandanus (Pandanus tectorius)
  2. a woven mat made from the leaves of the pandanus

Scottish Gaelic edit

Noun edit

fala f sg

  1. genitive singular of fuil

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
fala fhala
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Serbo-Croatian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /fǎːla/
  • Hyphenation: fa‧la

Noun edit

fála f (Cyrillic spelling фа́ла)

  1. (colloquial) Nonstandard form of hvála (“thanks”).

Sranan Tongo edit

Etymology 1 edit

From English fell or Dutch vellen.

Verb edit

fala

  1. to fell

Etymology 2 edit

From English fall.

Verb edit

fala

  1. to ebb

Swahili edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fala (ma class, plural mafala)

  1. (derogatory) a fool, an imbecile (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)
    Synonym: mjinga

Swedish edit

Adjective edit

fala

  1. inflection of fal:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Anagrams edit

Ternate edit

 
fala

Etymology edit

Cognate with Tidore fola, Tabaru woa, West Makian pala.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fala

  1. house
    fala mari ― stonen house

References edit

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tongan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *fala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?] (compare Indonesian pandan, Hawaiian hala).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fala

  1. a woven mat usually made from the leaves of the pandanus

Derived terms edit

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