Ido edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English failFrench faillirItalian fallireSpanish fallar. The -i- from the French and Italian infinitives were kept to distinguish the word from falar (to fall).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

faliar (present falias, past faliis, future falios, conditional falius, imperative faliez)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to fail, miscarry, miss (an aim), not to succeed
  2. (intransitive, commercial) to fail, to become insolvent without implication of disgrace

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

  • faliego (debacle, break up, downfall)
  • faliigar (to cause to miss, to fail; to frustrate)
  • faliinto (insolvent person)
  • falio (failure, insolvency)
  • nefaliiva (unfailing, unerring, infallible)
  • senfalio (without fail, unfailingly)

See also edit

  • (2): bankrotar (to be bankrupt, become bankrupt)