fal

See also: Fal, FAL, fál, and fàl

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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

References

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɒl]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

fal (plural falak)

1. 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

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

Compound words

• bordásfal
• falcsont

• hangfal
• műszerfal

• sejtfal
• spanyolfal

• tűzfal

Expressions

• a falnak is füle van

• fehér, mint a fal

• kínai nagy fal

Etymology 2

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

Verb

fal

1. (transitive) to devour

Conjugation

conjugation of fal

Infinitive			falni
Past participle			falt
Present participle			faló
Future participle			falandó
Adverbial participle			falva
Potential			falhat
			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd person sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd person pl formal
Indicative mood	Present	Indefinite	falok	falsz	fal	falunk	faltok	falnak
		Definite	falom én téged/titeket fallak	falod	falja	faljuk	faljátok	falják
	Past	Indefinite	faltam	faltál	falt	faltunk	faltatok	faltak
		Definite	faltam én téged/titeket faltalak	faltad	falta	faltuk	faltátok	falták
Conditional mood	Present	Indefinite	falnék	falnál	falna	falnánk	falnátok	falnának
		Definite	falnám én téged/titeket falnálak	falnád	falná	falnánk	falnátok	falnák
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indefinite	faljak	falj or faljál	faljon	faljunk	faljatok	faljanak
		Definite	faljam én téged/titeket faljalak	fald or faljad	falja	faljuk	faljátok	falják
Conjugated infinitive			falnom	falnod	falnia	falnunk	falnotok	falniuk

Derived terms

• falat

References

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Icelandic

Noun

fal

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

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Kott

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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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse falr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑːl/

Adjective

fal (masculine and feminine 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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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fal/

Noun

fal f

1. genitive plural of fala

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Swedish

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	—	—
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.

Related terms

• falbjuda
• falhet

References

• fal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)
• fal in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

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Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic فَال‎ (fāl).

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 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

See also

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

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Volapük

Noun

fal (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 some later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• däfalön (“to fall to pieces”)
• falön (“to fall”)
• fälön (“to make or cause to fall, to fell”)

Compounds

• falayan (“trapdoor, hatch”)
• vatafal (“water fall”)