faal

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English

Alternative forms

Adjective

faal (comparative more faal, superlative most faal)

  1. (Yorkshire) Ugly; foul; evil.
    • 1897, Charlotte Brontë, chapter 38, in Jane Eyre‎:
      'And again, “If she ben’t one o’ th’ handsomest, she’s noan faâl and varry good-natured; and i’ his een she’s fair beautiful, onybody may see that.”

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

faal c (plural falen, diminutive faaltje n)

  1. failure, mistake, blunder
    • 2010, retorbrapi, Nieuwe OS X (faal)
      Al met al een grote faal dus. Nu hebben ze wel gezegd in de loop van het jaar nog nieuwe features aan te kondigen, dus het is voor een deel nog even afwachten.
      All in all a big failure. They did say new features would be announced later on in the year, though, so partially we still have to wait for a while.

Derived terms

Interjection

faal

  1. fail

Verb

faal

  1. inflection of falen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: fa‧al

Etymology 1

From Arabic فَعْل (faʕl, “work, function”).

Noun

faal (plural faal-faal)

  1. work, deed
    Synonyms: perbuatan, kerja
  2. (medicine) physiology: the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved
    Synonym: fisiologi
  3. (biology) function: the physiological activity of an organ or body part
    Synonym: fungsi
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Arabic فَأْل (faʔl, “omen”).

Noun

faal (plural faal-faal)

  1. omen
    Synonym: tanda

Further reading

North Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Frisian falla, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną. Cognates include West Frisian falle.

Pronunciation

Verb

faal

  1. (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt) to fall

Conjugation

Conjugation of faal (Föhr-Amrum dialect)
infinitive I faal
infinitive II (tu) faalen
past participle feelen
imperative singular faal
imperative plural faal’m
  present past
1st singular faal fool
2nd singular fäälst foolst
3rd singular fäält fool
plural faal fool
  perfect pluperfect
1st singular san feelen wiar feelen
2nd singular beest feelen wiarst feelen
3rd singular as feelen wiar feelen
plural san feelen wiar feelen
  future (skel) future (wel)
1st singular skal faal wal faal
2nd singular skääl faal wääl faal
3rd singular skal faal wal faal
plural skel faal wel faal
Conjugation of faal (Sylt dialect)
infinitive I faal
infinitive II (tö) faalen
past participle feelen
imperative faal
  present past
1st singular faal feel
2nd singular falst feelst
3rd singular falt feel
plural / dual faal feel
  perfect pluperfect
1st singular sen feelen wiar feelen
2nd singular best feelen wiarst feelen
3rd singular es feelen wiar feelen
plural / dual sen feelen wiar feelen
  future (skel) future (wel)
1st singular skel faal wel faal
2nd singular sket faal wet faal
3rd singular skel faal wel faal
plural / dual skel faal wel faal

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فعال (faʿʿâl), from Arabic فَعَّال (faʕʕāl).

Pronunciation

Adjective

faal

  1. (dated) active
    Synonym: aktif

Declension

Predicative forms of faal
present tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I am) faalim faal miyim?
sen (you are) faalsin faal misin?
o (he/she/it is) faal / faal?ir faal mi?
biz (we are) faaliz faal miyiz?
siz (you are) faalsiniz faal misiniz?
onlar (they are) faal(ler) faal(ler) mi?
past tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) faal?im faal miydim?
sen (you were) faal?in faal miydin?
o (he/she/it was) faal?i faal miydi?
biz (we were) faal?ik faal miydik?
siz (you were) faal?iniz faal miydiniz?
onlar (they were) faal?iler faal miydiler?
indirect past
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) faalmişim faal miymişim?
sen (you were) faalmişsin faal miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was) faalmiş faal miymiş?
biz (we were) faalmişiz faal miymişiz?
siz (you were) faalmişsiniz faal miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were) faalmişler faal miymişler?
conditional
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (if I) faalsem faal miysem?
sen (if you) faalsen faal miysen?
o (if he/she/it) faalse faal miyse?
biz (if we) faalsek faal miysek?
siz (if you) faalseniz faal miyseniz?
onlar (if they) faalseler faal miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

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