fal

fal

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

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

Uncertain. Proposals include:

1. Inherited from Proto-Indo-European, akin to Ancient Greek σφάλλω (sphállō, “to overthrow”).^[1][2]
2. Borrowed from South Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *xvaliti (“to praise”), compare Macedonian фали (fali), Serbo-Croatian hváliti／хва́лити.^[3]

• IPA^(key): /ˈfal/
• Rhymes: -al

fal (aorist fala, participle falur)

1. to forgive, pardon

   më falni ― sorry (literally, “forgive me”)

   1. to remit, grant amnesty
   2. to free (a prisoner)

      Synonym: liroj

   3. to relieve (from a debt)

      Synonym: liroj

2. to give (as a present), offer, bestow

   Synonym: dhuroj

   • 1937, Gjergj Fishta, “XIV — Te ura e rrzhanicës”, in Lahuta e Malcís, lines 153–154:

     Madhi Zot! tý t' kjofsha falë, / Se shum shkjau na paska dalë

     Great God! May I be bestowed to you,^[4] how many Slavs come to us!

3. to lend

   Synonym: huaj

4. to worship (a god); to celebrate (a ceremony, festivity, etc.)

   fal bajramin ― to celebrate Eid

5. to greet, salute

   Synonym: përshëndet

6. to turn off

   Synonyms: shuaj, fik

   fal dritën ― to turn off the light

7. to bend over

   Synonyms: ul, përkul

8. (third person) to set (of the sun)

   Synonyms: ulet, zbret, perëndon

• “fal”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 446f.

Borrowed from Arabic فَأْل (“good omen”).

fal (definite accusative falı, plural fallar)

1. divination, fortune-telling

   fala baxmaq ― to tell fortunes

2. a sample of a fruit, such as melon or watermelon, cut out by the vendor and presented to the potential buyer
3. a piece (of bread)

• falçı
• falçılıq

• “fal” in Obastan.com.

From Arabic فَأْل (“good omen”).

fal

1. divination, fortune-telling

• “fal”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ɒl

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

fal (plural falak)

2. wall

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

fal

2. (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 Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

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): /ˈfal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: 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

• 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

• 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”)