falda
English edit
Etymology edit
From Italian falda, from a Germanic language; compare fold.
Noun edit
falda (plural faldas)
Asturian edit
Noun edit
falda f (plural faldes)
Synonyms edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From Old Occitan falda.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
falda f (plural faldes)
- lap
- lower slope (of a mountain)
- (Balearics, Valencia) skirt
- skirt, flank (of an animal)
- (nautical) foot of a lateen
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “falda” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “falda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Cimbrian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German valte, valt, from Old High German falt, from Proto-Germanic *falþō. Cognate with German Falte.
Noun edit
falda f (plural falden) (Sette Comuni)
- fold, pleat
- De marzlaan, in dòi sait, zeint gabéest bait un bòlla falden.
- The skirts, at the time, were full of folds.
- path, way
- Dèar puube hat gasnapt aan an órnen bèg.
- The boy went down a bad path.
Declension edit
References edit
- “falda” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From faldur (“hem”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
falda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative faldaði, supine faldað)
Conjugation edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From a Germanic language, probably Frankish *falda (“to fold”), from Proto-West Germanic *falþan.[1]
Compare German Falte (“fold”), Spanish falda (“skirt”), Old High German faldan (“to fold”), English fold.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
falda f (plural falde)
- layer, stratum
- brim (of a hat)
- tails (of a coat)
- lower slope (of a mountain)
- snowflake
- Synonym: fiocco
Derived terms edit
References edit
Further reading edit
- falda in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *falþaną, whence also English fold. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to fold”).
Verb edit
falda (singular past indicative felt, plural past indicative feldu, past participle faldinn)
- to hood
Conjugation edit
infinitive | falda | |
---|---|---|
present participle | faldandi | |
past participle | faldinn | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | feld | felt |
2nd-person singular | feldr | felzt |
3rd-person singular | feldr | felt |
1st-person plural | fǫldum | feldum |
2nd-person plural | faldið | felduð |
3rd-person plural | falda | feldu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | falda | felda |
2nd-person singular | faldir | feldir |
3rd-person singular | faldi | feldi |
1st-person plural | faldim | feldim |
2nd-person plural | faldið | feldið |
3rd-person plural | faldi | feldi |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | fald | |
1st-person plural | fǫldum | |
2nd-person plural | faldið |
infinitive | faldask | |
---|---|---|
present participle | faldandisk | |
past participle | faldizk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | fǫldumk | feldumk |
2nd-person singular | felzk | felzk |
3rd-person singular | felzk | felzk |
1st-person plural | fǫldumsk | feldumsk |
2nd-person plural | faldizk | felduzk |
3rd-person plural | faldask | feldusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | fǫldumk | feldumk |
2nd-person singular | faldisk | feldisk |
3rd-person singular | faldisk | feldisk |
1st-person plural | faldimsk | feldimsk |
2nd-person plural | faldizk | feldizk |
3rd-person plural | faldisk | feldisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | falzk | |
1st-person plural | fǫldumsk | |
2nd-person plural | faldizk |
Descendants edit
- Danish: folde
References edit
- “falda2”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *faldōną. Also ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to fold”).
Verb edit
falda
Conjugation edit
infinitive | falda | |
---|---|---|
present participle | faldandi | |
past participle | faldaðr | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | falda | faldaða |
2nd-person singular | faldar | faldaðir |
3rd-person singular | faldar | faldaði |
1st-person plural | fǫldum | fǫlduðum |
2nd-person plural | faldið | fǫlduðuð |
3rd-person plural | falda | fǫlduðu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | falda | faldaða |
2nd-person singular | faldir | faldaðir |
3rd-person singular | faldi | faldaði |
1st-person plural | faldim | faldaðim |
2nd-person plural | faldið | faldaðið |
3rd-person plural | faldi | faldaði |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | falda | |
1st-person plural | fǫldum | |
2nd-person plural | faldið |
infinitive | faldask | |
---|---|---|
present participle | faldandisk | |
past participle | faldazk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | fǫldumk | fǫlduðumk |
2nd-person singular | faldask | faldaðisk |
3rd-person singular | faldask | faldaðisk |
1st-person plural | fǫldumsk | fǫlduðumsk |
2nd-person plural | faldizk | fǫlduðuzk |
3rd-person plural | faldask | fǫlduðusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | fǫldumk | fǫlduðumk |
2nd-person singular | faldisk | faldaðisk |
3rd-person singular | faldisk | faldaðisk |
1st-person plural | faldimsk | faldaðimsk |
2nd-person plural | faldizk | faldaðizk |
3rd-person plural | faldisk | faldaðisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | faldask | |
1st-person plural | fǫldumsk | |
2nd-person plural | faldizk |
Related terms edit
References edit
- “falda1”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *falþaną, whence also English fold.
Verb edit
falda
- to hood
Conjugation edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
See fralda.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: fal‧da
Noun edit
falda f (plural faldas)
Related terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From a Germanic language, probably Frankish *falda (“to fold”), related to Old High German faldan (“to fold”), English fold, all from Proto-West Germanic *falþan. Doublet of halda.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
falda f (plural faldas)
- skirt
- Synonym: (South America) pollera
- (by extension, colloquial, often in the plural, metonymically) woman
- (slang) bit of skirt (woman as an object of desire)
- (butchery) brisket (a cut of meat)
- mountainside
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “falda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- falda on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es