falur

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin fallāre, from Latin fallēre, present active infinitive of fallō. Compare Italian fallare.

Verb

falur

  1. to fail

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse falr, from Proto-Germanic *falhuz.

Noun

falur m (genitive singular fals, nominative plural falir)

  1. a socket at the back of a spearhead, into which the shaft is placed
  2. the part of a knife’s blade that extends into the handle
  3. (poetic) spear
  4. lamp holder
Declension
declension of falur
m-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative falur falurinn falir falirnir
accusative fal falinn fali falina
dative fal falnum fölum fölunum
genitive fals falsins fala falanna

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Danish fald, from Proto-Germanic *fallą.

Noun

falur m (genitive singular fals, nominative plural falir)

  1. (nautical) halyard
Declension
declension of falur
m-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative falur falurinn falir falirnir
accusative fal falinn fali falina
dative fal falnum fölum fölunum
genitive fals falsins fala falanna

Etymology 3

From Proto-Germanic *falaz. Compare Lithuanian pelnas, Old Church Slavonic плѣнъ (plěnŭ).

Adjective

falur (comparative falari, superlative falastur)

  1. for sale, able to be bought
    Hvað kostar sjónvarpið þitt? - Það er ekki falt!
    How much for your television? - It's not for sale!
    Mér er hann falur.
    I want to sell it.
    Og var allt falt fyrir peninga í Róm.
    And everything could be bought for money in Rome.
    Allir embættismenn ríkisins eru grimmir og falir fyrir fé.y.
    Á fimmtudaginn gjörði hann sína vöru fala.
    He did put his commodity on sale on Thursday.
  2. (of a person) susceptible to bribery; bribable
    Allir embættismenn ríkisins eru grimmir og falir fyrir fé.
    All government officials are of cruel heart and can be bought for money.
Inflection
    positive (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative falur föl falt
accusative falan fala falt
dative fölum falri fölu
genitive fals falrar fals
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative falir falar föl
accusative fala falar föl
dative fölum fölum fölum
genitive falra falra falra
    positive (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fali fala fala
accusative fala fölu fala
dative fala fölu fala
genitive fala fölu fala
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fölu fölu fölu
accusative fölu fölu fölu
dative fölu fölu fölu
genitive fölu fölu fölu
    comparative
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative falari falari falara
accusative falari falari falara
dative falari falari falara
genitive falari falari falara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative falari falari falari
accusative falari falari falari
dative falari falari falari
genitive falari falari falari
    superlative (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative falastur fölust falast
accusative falastan falasta falast
dative fölustum falastri fölustu
genitive falasts falastrar falasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative falastir falastar fölust
accusative falasta falastar fölust
dative fölustum fölustum fölustum
genitive falastra falastra falastra
    superlative (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative falasti falasta falasta
accusative falasta fölustu falasta
dative falasta fölustu falasta
genitive falasta fölustu falasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fölustu fölustu fölustu
accusative fölustu fölustu fölustu
dative fölustu fölustu fölustu
genitive fölustu fölustu fölustu
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Tetum

Etymology

From *balu-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baluj.

Noun

falur

  1. pigeon
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