fal

See also: Fal, FAL, fál, fàl, and fäl

English

Verb

fal

1. Obsolete spelling of fall
   • 1599, W. Kinsayder or Theriomastix [pseudonyms; John Marston], The Scourge of Villanie. […], London: […] I[ames] R[oberts], OCLC 1203274640; 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 1170414997:

     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

• 'alf, AFL, ALF, Alf, FLA, Fla, Fla., LFA

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *spala, from Proto-Indo-European *pōl-, *spōl- (“to fall”). Cognate to Ancient Greek σφάλλω (sphállō, “to overthrow”), Lithuanian pùlti (“to attack, rush”), German fallen (“to fall”).

Verb

fal (first-person singular past tense fala, participle falur)

1. I forgive
2. I give (as a present)
3. I pray, am respectful
4. I salute, greet
5. to set (of the sun)

Related terms

• falje
• falë
• falas
• faltore
• faj

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɒl]
• Rhymes: -ɒl

Etymology 1

From Proto-Ugric *påda, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *padɜ. Cognates include Finnish pato (“dam”).

Noun

fal (plural falak)

2. wall

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	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
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

• falas
• falaz
• fali

 

Compound words with this term at the beginning

• falblokk
• falbontás, falbontó
• falborítás
• falburkolat
• falcsont
• faldugó
• falegyen
• falfehér
• falfelület
• falfestés, falfestmény
• falfirka
• falgyám
• falgyom
• falkép, falikép
• fallabda
• falmelléki
• falmező
• falmélyedés
• falnyílás
• falpárkány
• falradírozás
• falragasz
• falrakás
• falrengető
• falsík
• falszöveg
• faltörés, faltörő
• falvédő

 

Compound words with this term at the end

• 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

 

Expressions

• a falnak is füle van
• fehér, mint a fal
• fejjel megy a falnak
• kínai nagy fal

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Uralic *pala- (“to devour”). Cognates include Finnish palaa (“to burn”).

Verb

fal

2. (transitive) to devour, gorge, wolf, scarf (eat greedily, voraciously, or ravenously)

   Synonyms: zabál, habzsol, tömi magát

Conjugation

conjugation of fal

			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
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	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	falnék	falnál	falna	falnánk	falnátok	falnának
		Def.	falnám	falnád	falná	falnánk (or falnók)	falnátok	falnák
		2nd-p. o.	falnálak	―
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	―
Infinitive	falni		falnom	falnod	falnia	falnunk	falnotok	falniuk
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
			falás	faló	falt	falandó	falva	falhat

Derived terms

• falat
• falánk
• falás
• faldos
• falogat
• faló
• falós

 

Compound words

• nyal-fal

 

(With verbal prefixes):

• befal
• felfal
• fölfal

Further reading

• (wall): fal in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). 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’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Icelandic

Noun

fal

1. indefinite accusative singular of falur
2. indefinite dative singular of falur

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Alternative forms

• phal

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔapV ("hotness, sweat"). Compare Assan palá, pfóltu, paltu ("hot").

Adjective

fal

1. hot, warm

Related terms

• apīkŋ
• apīkŋ uganaŋ
• apīkŋán
• pala

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Ladin

Noun

fal m (plural fai)

1. error

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Luxembourgish

Verb

fal

1. second-person singular imperative of falen

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• fall, val

Etymology

From Old English feall, from Proto-Germanic *fallaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fal/

Noun

fal (plural falles)

1. fall, drop

Descendants

• English: fall
• Yola: vall

References

• “fal, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse falr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑːl/

Adjective

fal (neuter falt, definite singular and plural fale, comparative falare, indefinite superlative falast, definite superlative falaste)

1. (archaic) for sale
2. (archaic) available

References

• “fal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Norse

Verb

fal

1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of fela

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fal/

Noun

fal f

1. genitive plural of fala

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse falr.

Adjective

fal (not comparable)

1. (dated) for sale, that can be bought, bribable, corrupt

   en fal kvinna

   a prostitute

Declension

Inflection of fal
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

• falbjuda
• falhet

References

• fal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)
• fal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• Alf, alf

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Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic فَأْل‎ (faʾl).

Noun

fal (definite accusative falı, plural fallar)

1. fortune telling, omen

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	fal
Definite accusative	falı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fal	fallar
Definite accusative	falı	falları
Dative	fala	fallara
Locative	falda	fallarda
Ablative	faldan	fallardan
Genitive	falın	falların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular falım fallarım 2nd singular falın falların 3rd singular falı falları 1st plural falımız fallarımız 2nd plural falınız fallarınız 3rd plural falları falları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular falımı fallarımı 2nd singular falını fallarını 3rd singular falını fallarını 1st plural falımızı fallarımızı 2nd plural falınızı fallarınızı 3rd plural fallarını fallarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular falıma fallarıma 2nd singular falına fallarına 3rd singular falına fallarına 1st plural falımıza fallarımıza 2nd plural falınıza fallarınıza 3rd plural fallarına fallarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular falımda fallarımda 2nd singular falında fallarında 3rd singular falında fallarında 1st plural falımızda fallarımızda 2nd plural falınızda fallarınızda 3rd plural fallarında fallarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular falımdan fallarımdan 2nd singular falından fallarından 3rd singular falından fallarından 1st plural falımızdan fallarımızdan 2nd plural falınızdan fallarınızdan 3rd plural fallarından fallarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular falımın fallarımın 2nd singular falının fallarının 3rd singular falının fallarının 1st plural falımızın fallarımızın 2nd plural falınızın fallarınızın 3rd plural fallarının fallarının

See also

• fala inanma, falsız da kalma
• falcı
• fal bakmak
• kahve falı

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Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English fall and German Fall.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fal/

Noun

fal (nominative plural fals)

1. the action of falling
2. (grammar) grammatical case (in classic or original Volapük (Volapük rigik: kimfal (“nominative”), kimafal (“genitive”), borrowed from German Fall (“case”))

Declension

declension of fal

	singular	plural
nominative	fal	fals
genitive	fala	falas
dative	fale	fales
accusative	fali	falis
vocative 1	o fal!	o fals!
predicative 2	falu	falus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• däfalön (“to fall to pieces”)
• falayan (“trapdoor, hatch”)
• falön (“to fall”)
• fälön (“to make or cause to fall, to fell”)
• vatafal (“water fall”)