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Hungarian
Etymology
fal + -na (personal suffix)
Pronunciation
Verb
falna
- 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)
- 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)
- (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.
- (intransitive, figuratively) to fade
falnad skönhet- faded beauty
Conjugation
Conjugation of falna (weak)
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