fal

fal

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

     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

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

From Proto-Albanian *spala, from Proto-Indo-European *pōl-, *spōl- (“to fall”). Cognate to Ancient Greek σφάλλω (sphállō, “to overthrow”)[1], Lithuanian pùlti (“to attack, rush”), German fallen (“to fall”).

fal (aorist fala, participle falur)

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

• falje
• falë
• falas
• faltore
• faj

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɒl]
• Rhymes: -ɒl

From Proto-Ugric *påda, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *padɜ. Cognates include Finnish pato (“dam”). [1][2]

fal (plural falak)

1. wall

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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

fal

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

   Synonyms: zabál, habzsol, tömi magát

(With verbal prefixes):

• (wall): fal in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). 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’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• fal in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)

fal

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

• phal

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

fal

1. hot, warm

• apīkŋ
• apīkŋ uganaŋ
• apīkŋán
• pala

fal m (plural fai)

1. error

fal

1. second-person singular imperative of falen

• fall, val

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

• IPA^(key): /fal/

fal (plural falles)

1. fall, drop

• English: fall
• Yola: vall

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

From Old Norse falr.

• IPA^(key): /fɑːl/

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

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

• “fal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

fal

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

• IPA^(key): /fal/

fal f

1. genitive plural of fala

From Old Norse falr.

fal (not comparable)

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

   en fal kvinna

   a prostitute

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• falbjuda
• falhet

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

• Alf, alf

From Arabic فَأْل‎ (faʔl).

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fal (definite accusative falı, plural fallar)

1. fortune telling, omen

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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

Borrowed from English fall and German Fall.

• IPA^(key): /fal/

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”))

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