falu
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Asturian
Noun
falu m (plural falos)
Related terms
Esperanto
Pronunciation
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Verb
falu
- imperative of fali
Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Ugric *palɣɜ (“village”). Cognates include Northern Mansi па̄вэл (pāwèl) and Eastern Khanty пуӽәԓ (puḥəł). Relationship to the Finnish verbs palvella (“to serve”), palvoa (“to worship”) has also been proposed.
Pronunciation
Noun
Declension
Alternative forms:
- Plural: faluk/falvak, etc.
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | falu | faluk |
| accusative | falut | falukat |
| dative | falunak | faluknak |
| instrumental | faluval | falukkal |
| causal-final | faluért | falukért |
| translative | faluvá | falukká |
| terminative | faluig | falukig |
| essive-formal | faluként | falukként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | faluban | falukban |
| superessive | falun | falukon |
| adessive | falunál | faluknál |
| illative | faluba | falukba |
| sublative | falura | falukra |
| allative | faluhoz | falukhoz |
| elative | faluból | falukból |
| delative | faluról | falukról |
| ablative | falutól | faluktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
falué | faluké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
faluéi | falukéi |
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | falu | falvak |
| accusative | falut | falvakat |
| dative | falunak | falvaknak |
| instrumental | faluval | falvakkal |
| causal-final | faluért | falvakért |
| translative | faluvá | falvakká |
| terminative | faluig | falvakig |
| essive-formal | faluként | falvakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | faluban | falvakban |
| superessive | falun | falvakon |
| adessive | falunál | falvaknál |
| illative | faluba | falvakba |
| sublative | falura | falvakra |
| allative | faluhoz | falvakhoz |
| elative | faluból | falvakból |
| delative | faluról | falvakról |
| ablative | falutól | falvaktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
falué | falvaké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
faluéi | falvakéi |
| Possessive forms of falu | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | falum | faluim |
| 2nd person sing. | falud | faluid |
| 3rd person sing. | faluja | falui |
| 1st person plural | falunk | faluink |
| 2nd person plural | falutok | faluitok |
| 3rd person plural | falujuk | faluik |
or (in the plural)
| Possessive forms of falu | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | — | falvaim |
| 2nd person sing. | — | falvaid |
| 3rd person sing. | — | falvai |
| 1st person plural | — | falvaink |
| 2nd person plural | — | falvaitok |
| 3rd person plural | — | falvaik |
Derived terms
Compound words
References
Further reading
- falu 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
- falu in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈvalɨ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈva(ː)li/
Verb
falu
- Soft mutation of malu.