falna

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See also: falná

Hungarian

Etymology

fal +‎ -na (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: fal‧na

Verb

falna

  1. third-person singular conditional present indefinite of fal

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

falna (present tense falnar, past tense falna, past participle falna, passive infinitive falnast, present participle falnande, imperative falna/faln)

  1. Alternative form of falme

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fǫlna, from the adjective fǫlr (pale) + -na. Equivalent to fal + -na.

Verb

falna (present falnar, preterite falnade, supine falnat, imperative falna)

  1. (intransitive) to fade, to die down (of fire or embers or the like)
    Nu lägerelden falnat ut och dagen nått sitt slut (old-fashioned/poetic phrasing – usually "Nu har lägerelden falnat ut ..." – supine is implying the "har")
    Now the camp fire has faded and the day has reached its end
    • 1915, Dan Andersson, Kolvaktarens Visor, Helgdagskväll i timmerkojan
      Då sova vi alla på granris tungt
      och drömma om bleka mör
      och snarka och vända oss manligt och lugnt,
      medan elden falnar och dör.
      Then sleep we all heavily on pine bough beds
      and dream of maidens pale
      and snore and turn around manly and calm,
      while the fire fades and dies.
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to fade
    falnad skönhet
    faded beauty

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