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. imperative

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: fa‧al

Etymology 1

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

Noun

faal (first-person possessive faalku, second-person possessive faalmu, third-person possessive faalnya)

  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 (first-person possessive faalku, second-person possessive faalmu, third-person possessive faalnya)

  1. omen.
    Synonym: tanda

Further reading

North Frisian

Etymology

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

Verb

faal

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) to fall

Conjugation

Conjugation of faal
infinitive I faal
infinitive II tu faalen
past participle feelen
imperative singular faal
imperative plural faal'em
  present past
1st-person singular ik faal ik fool
2nd-person singular dü fäälst dü foolst
3rd-person singular hi/hat/at fäält hi/hat/at fool
1st-person dual wat faal wat fool
2nd-person dual jat faal jat fool
1st-person plural wi faal wi fool
2nd-person plural jam faal jam fool
3rd-person plural jo faal jo fool
  perfect pluperfect
1st-person singular ik san feelen ik wiar feelen
2nd-person singular dü beest feelen dü wiarst feelen
3rd-person singular hi/hat/at as feelen hi/hat/at wiar feelen
1st-person dual wat san feelen wat wiar feelen
2nd-person dual jat san feelen jat wiar feelen
1st-person plural wi san feelen wi wiar feelen
2nd-person plural jam san feelen jam wiar feelen
3rd-person plural jo san feelen jo wiar feelen
  future (skel) future (wel)
1st-person singular ik skal faal ik wal faal
2nd-person singular dü skääl faal dü wääl faal
3rd-person singular hi/hat/at skal faal hi/hat/at wal faal
1st-person dual wat skel faal wat wel faal
2nd-person dual jat skel faal jat wel faal
1st-person plural wi skel faal wi wel faal
2nd-person plural jam skel faal jam wel faal
3rd-person plural jo skel faal jo 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 		negative,
declarative 		negative,
interrogative
ben (I am) faalim faal miyim? faal değilim faal değil miyim?
sen (you are) faalsin faal misin? faal değilsin faal değil misin?
o (he/she/it is) faal / faal?ir faal mi? faal değil faal değil mi?
biz (we are) faaliz faal miyiz? faal değiliz faal değil miyiz?
siz (you are) faalsiniz faal misiniz? faal değilsiniz faal değil misiniz?
onlar (they are) faal(ler) faal(ler) mi? faal değil(ler) faal değiller mi?
past tense
positive,
declarative 		positive,
interrogative 		negative,
declarative 		negative,
interrogative
ben (I was) faal?im faal miydim? faal değildim faal değil miydim?
sen (you were) faal?in faal miydin? faal değildin faal değil miydin?
o (he/she/it was) faal?i faal miydi? faal değildi faal değil miydi?
biz (we were) faal?ik faal miydik? faal değildik faal değil miydik?
siz (you were) faal?iniz faal miydiniz? faal değildiniz faal değil miydiniz?
onlar (they were) faal?iler faal miydiler? faal değildi(ler) / değillerdi faal değil miydiler?
indirect past
positive,
declarative 		positive,
interrogative 		negative,
declarative 		negative,
interrogative
ben (I was) faalmişim faal miymişim? faal değilmişim faal değil miymişim?
sen (you were) faalmişsin faal miymişsin? faal değilmişsin faal değil miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was) faalmiş faal miymiş? faal değilmiş faal değil miymiş?
biz (we were) faalmişiz faal miymişiz? faal değilmişiz faal değil miymişiz?
siz (you were) faalmişsiniz faal miymişsiniz? faal değilmişsiniz faal değil miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were) faalmişler faal miymişler? faal değilmiş(ler) / değillermiş faal değil miymişler?
conditional
positive,
declarative 		positive,
interrogative 		negative,
declarative 		negative,
interrogative
ben (if I) faalsem faal miysem? faal değilsem faal değil miysem?
sen (if you) faalsen faal miysen? faal değilsen faal değil miysen?
o (if he/she/it) faalse faal miyse? faal değilse faal değil miyse?
biz (if we) faalsek faal miysek? faal değilsek faal değil miysek?
siz (if you) faalseniz faal miyseniz? faal değilseniz faal değil miyseniz?
onlar (if they) faalseler faal miyseler? faal değilseler / değillerse faal değil miyseler?
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