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Etymology
From al- + fali.
Pronunciation
Verb
alfali (present alfalas, past alfalis, future alfalos, conditional alfalus, volitive alfalu)
- (transitive) to fall on (something)
Sur la kalma supro de la lago alfalanta lunlumo fantome brilis.- The moonlight falling on the calm surface of the lake created a ghostly glow.
- Sergio Pokrovskij (translator), La Majstro kaj Margarita (The Master and Margarita) by Mikhail Bulgakov, Part 2, Epilogue,
- Alfalinte sur la beston kaj deŝirante de sia kolo la kravaton por ĝin ligi, la civitano murmuris venene kaj minace:
- Pouncing upon the tom and pulling off his tie to bind the animal, the citizen muttered venomously and threateningly: (Mirra Ginsburg translation, Grove, 1995)
Conjugation
- alfalo (“incidence (physics)”)