fal

See also: Fal, FAL, fál, fàl, and fäl

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Albanian • Azerbaijani • Baga Pokur • Crimean Tatar • Hungarian • Icelandic • Kott • Ladin • Luxembourgish • Middle English • Norwegian Nynorsk • Old Norse • Polish • Somali • Swedish • Turkish • Volapük • West Frisian

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Translingual

Symbol

fal

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for South Fali.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of South Fali terms

English

Verb

fal

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

Anagrams

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

Albanian

Etymology

Uncertain. Proposals include:

• Inherited from Proto-Indo-European, akin to Ancient Greek σφάλλω (sphállō, “to overthrow”). This appears phonetically incompatible with the current reconstruction of the Greek term's ancestor as Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷʰh₂el- (“to stumble”).
• Borrowed from South Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *xvaliti (“to praise”), compare Macedonian фали (fali), Serbo-Croatian hváliti / хва́лити.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfal/
• Rhymes: -al

Verb

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, 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

Conjugation

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Derived terms

• falas
• falem
• falë
• falje
• faltore
• më falni

References

• “fal”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980, page 446f.

Further reading

• “fal”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَأْل (faʔl, “good omen”).

Noun

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)

Declension

Declension of fal

	singular	plural
nominative	fal	fallar
definite accusative	falı	falları
dative	fala	fallara
locative	falda	fallarda
ablative	faldan	fallardan
definite genitive	falın	falların

Possessive forms of fal

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	falım	fallarım
sənin (“your”)	falın	falların
onun (“his/her/its”)	falı	falları
bizim (“our”)	falımız	fallarımız
sizin (“your”)	falınız	fallarınız
onların (“their”)	falı or falları	falları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	falımı	fallarımı
sənin (“your”)	falını	fallarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	falını	fallarını
bizim (“our”)	falımızı	fallarımızı
sizin (“your”)	falınızı	fallarınızı
onların (“their”)	falını or fallarını	fallarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	falıma	fallarıma
sənin (“your”)	falına	fallarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	falına	fallarına
bizim (“our”)	falımıza	fallarımıza
sizin (“your”)	falınıza	fallarınıza
onların (“their”)	falına or fallarına	fallarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	falımda	fallarımda
sənin (“your”)	falında	fallarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	falında	fallarında
bizim (“our”)	falımızda	fallarımızda
sizin (“your”)	falınızda	fallarınızda
onların (“their”)	falında or fallarında	fallarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	falımdan	fallarımdan
sənin (“your”)	falından	fallarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	falından	fallarından
bizim (“our”)	falımızdan	fallarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	falınızdan	fallarınızdan
onların (“their”)	falından or fallarından	fallarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	falımın	fallarımın
sənin (“your”)	falının	fallarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	falının	fallarının
bizim (“our”)	falımızın	fallarımızın
sizin (“your”)	falınızın	fallarınızın
onların (“their”)	falının or fallarının	fallarının

Derived terms

• falçı
• falçılıq

Descendants

• → Armenian: փալ (pʻal)

Further reading

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “fal”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[2] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 2, Baku: Şərq-Qərb

Baga Pokur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fal/

Noun

fal

1. Baga Mboteni form of fa

References

• Neige Rochant, A Bilectal Grammar of Baga Pukur: An Atlantic Language of Guinea (2023)

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Arabic فَأْل (faʔl, “good omen”).

Noun

fal

1. divination, fortune-telling

Declension

Declension of fal

	singular	plural
nominative	fal	fallar
genitive	falnıñ	fallarnıñ
dative	falğa	fallarğa
accusative	falnı	fallarnı
locative	falda	fallarda
ablative	faldan	fallardan

Derived terms

• fal açmaq
• fal baqmaq
• falcı

References

• “fal”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɒl]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɒl

Etymology 1

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

Noun

fal (plural falak)

2. wall

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	fal	falak
accusative	falat	falakat
dative	falnak	falaknak
instrumental	fallal	falakkal
causal-final	falért	falakért
translative	fallá	falakká
terminative	falig	falakig
essive-formal	falként	falakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	falban	falakban
superessive	falon	falakon
adessive	falnál	falaknál
illative	falba	falakba
sublative	falra	falakra
allative	falhoz	falakhoz
elative	falból	falakból
delative	falról	falakról
ablative	faltól	falaktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	falé	falaké
non-attributive possessive – plural	faléi	falakéi

Possessive forms of fal

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	falam	falaim
2nd person sing.	falad	falaid
3rd person sing.	fala	falai
1st person plural	falunk	falaink
2nd person plural	falatok	falaitok
3rd person plural	faluk	falaik

Derived terms

• falas
• falaz
• falazat
• fali

Compound words with this term at the beginning

• falblokk
• falbontás, falbontó
• falborítás
• falburkolat
• falcsont
• faldugó
• falegyen
• falfehér
• falfelület
• falfestés, falfestmény
• falfirka
• falgyám
• falgyom
• falkép, falikép
• fallabda
• falmelléki
• falmező
• falmélyedés
• falnyílás
• falpárkány
• falradírozás
• falragasz
• falrakás
• falrengető
• falsík
• falszöveg
• faltörés, faltörő
• falvédő

Compound words with this term at the end

• alapfal
• bordásfal
• boronafal
• deszkafal
• előszobafal
• érfal
• főfal
• függönyfal
• gyámfal
• gyomorfal
• hangfal
• hasfal
• hátfal
• házfal
• homlokfal
• kantfal
• közfal
• kőfal
• lécfal
• műszerfal
• oldalfal
• oromfal
• partfal
• paticsfal
• rabicfal
• rekeszfal
• sejtfal
• siratófal
• sorfal
• sövényfal
• spanyolfal
• svédfal
• szádfal
• szárnyfal
• szekrényfal
• szerelékfal
• szerelvényfal
• szénfal
• sziklafal
• szirtfal
• színfal
• támaszfal
• támfal
• téglafal
• tolófal
• tűzfal
• urnafal
• üvegfal
• vakfal
• válaszfal, választófal
• vályogfal
• várfal
• városfal
• vendégfal
• védfal
• védőfal

Expressions

• a falnak is füle van
• fehér, mint a fal
• fejjel megy a falnak
• kínai nagy fal

Etymology 2

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

Verb

fal

2. (ambitransitive) to devour, gorge, wolf, scarf (eat greedily, voraciously, or ravenously)

   Synonyms: zabál, habzsol, tömi magát

Conjugation

Conjugation of fal

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	falok	falsz	fal	falunk	faltok	falnak
			def.	falom	falod	falja	faljuk	faljátok	falják
			2nd obj	fallak
		past	indef.	faltam	faltál	falt	faltunk	faltatok	faltak
			def.	faltam	faltad	falta	faltuk	faltátok	falták
			2nd obj	faltalak
		future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. falni fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	falék	falál	fala	falánk	falátok	falának
		def.	falám	falád	falá	falánk	falátok	falák
		2nd obj	falálak
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. fal vala, falt vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	falandok	falandasz	faland	falandunk	falandotok	falandanak
	def.	falandom	falandod	falandja	falandjuk	falandjátok	falandják
	2nd obj	falandalak
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	falnék	falnál	falna	falnánk	falnátok	falnának
		def.	falnám	falnád	falná	falnánk (or falnók)	falnátok	falnák
		2nd obj	falnálak
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. falt volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	faljak	falj or faljál	faljon	faljunk	faljatok	faljanak
			def.	faljam	fald or faljad	falja	faljuk	faljátok	falják
			2nd obj	faljalak
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. falt légyen
infinitive	falni		falnom	falnod	falnia	falnunk	falnotok	falniuk
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
	falás		faló	falt	falandó	falva (falván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

Potential conjugation of fal

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	falhatok	falhatsz	falhat	falhatunk	falhattok	falhatnak
			def.	falhatom	falhatod	falhatja	falhatjuk	falhatjátok	falhatják
			2nd obj	falhatlak
		past	indef.	falhattam	falhattál	falhatott	falhattunk	falhattatok	falhattak
			def.	falhattam	falhattad	falhatta	falhattuk	falhattátok	falhatták
			2nd obj	falhattalak
archaic preterite		indef.	falhaték	falhatál	falhata	falhatánk	falhatátok	falhatának
		def.	falhatám	falhatád	falhatá	falhatánk	falhatátok	falhaták
		2nd obj	falhatálak
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. falhat vala, falhatott vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	falhatandok or falandhatok	falhatandasz or falandhatsz	falhatand or falandhat	falhatandunk or falandhatunk	falhatandotok or falandhattok	falhatandanak or falandhatnak
	def.	falhatandom or falandhatom	falhatandod or falandhatod	falhatandja or falandhatja	falhatandjuk or falandhatjuk	falhatandjátok or falandhatjátok	falhatandják or falandhatják
	2nd obj	falhatandalak or falandhatlak
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	falhatnék	falhatnál	falhatna	falhatnánk	falhatnátok	falhatnának
		def.	falhatnám	falhatnád	falhatná	falhatnánk (or falhatnók)	falhatnátok	falhatnák
		2nd obj	falhatnálak
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. falhatott volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	falhassak	falhass or falhassál	falhasson	falhassunk	falhassatok	falhassanak
			def.	falhassam	falhasd or falhassad	falhassa	falhassuk	falhassátok	falhassák
			2nd obj	falhassalak
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. falhatott légyen
infinitive	(falhatni)		(falhatnom)	(falhatnod)	(falhatnia)	(falhatnunk)	(falhatnotok)	(falhatniuk)
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
	falható			falhatatlan		(falhatva / falhatván)

Derived terms

• falat
• falánk
• falás
• faldos
• falka
• falogat
• faló
• falós

Compound words

• nyal-fal

With verbal prefixes

• befal
• felfal
• fölfal

Further reading

• (wall): fal in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• (to devour): fal in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (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 2026).

Icelandic

Noun

fal

1. indefinite accusative singular of falur
2. indefinite dative singular of falur

Kott

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *apʰə-ł (“heat”), possibly from earlier *afa-. Cognate with Ket а (ā·), Yug ап (āp).

Attested by G. F. Müller as pfoltu (18^th century), and found as pala (18^th century) in the archival materials of the Kansk Krepostʼ by Jakov Semjonov, recovered by E. A. Helimskij.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸaɬ]

Noun

fal (fal) n (uncountable)

1. heat, warmth

Derived terms

• afu (afu, “forging, engaging in blacksmithing”)
• (⇒? ) apîkŋ (api:kŋ, “sweat”)

References

• Vajda, E. J., & Werner, H. K. (2022). Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary. Volume I (a–pʰ). LINCOM GmbH. (pp. 58–59)
• Werner, H. K. (1990). Kottskij Jazyk. Izdatelʼstvo Rostovskogo Universiteta. (p. 310)
• Werner, H. K. (2002). Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen. Band 1: A–K. Harrassowitz Verlag. (pp. 92–93)
• Werner, H. K. (2003). M. A. Castrén und die Jenissejistik: Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 19. Jahrhunderts. Harrassowitz Verlag. (p. 132)
• Werner, H. K. (2005). Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts. Harrassowitz Verlag. (p. 115)

Ladin

Noun

fal m (plural fai)

1. error

Luxembourgish

Verb

fal

1. second-person singular imperative of falen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fall, val

Etymology

From Old English feall, from Proto-Germanic *fallaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fal/

Noun

fal (plural falles)

1. fall, drop

Descendants

• English: fall
• Yola: vall

References

• “fal, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse falr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑːl/

Adjective

fal (neuter falt, definite singular and plural fale, comparative falare, indefinite superlative falast, definite superlative falaste)

1. (archaic) for sale
2. (archaic) available

References

• “fal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Verb

fal

1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of fela

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfal/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: fal

Noun

fal f

1. genitive plural of fala

Somali

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فِعْل (fiʕl).

Noun

fal m

1. (grammar) verb

References

• “fal”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaaliga, 2012

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse falr.

Adjective

fal (not comparable)

1. (dated) for sale, that can be bought, bribable, corrupt

   en fal kvinna

   a prostitute

Declension

Inflection of fal

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	fal	—	—
neuter singular	falt	—	—
plural	fala	—	—
masculine plural2	fale	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	fale	—	—
all	fala	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• falbjuda
• falhet

References

• fal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)
• “fal”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• Alf, alf

Turkish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic فَأْل (faʔl)bor.

Ottoman Turkish فال (fal)

Turkish fal

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فال (fal, “fortune telling”), borrowed from Arabic فَأْل (faʔl, “good omen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɫ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

fal (definite accusative falı, plural fallar)

1. fortune telling, divination, the act or practice of predicting future events, especially those of a personal nature

   Synonym: bakı

Declension

Declension of fal

singular plural nominative fal fallar definite accusative falı falları dative fala fallara locative falda fallarda ablative faldan fallardan genitive falın falların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular falım fallarım 2nd singular falın falların 3rd singular falı falları 1st plural falımız fallarımız 2nd plural falınız fallarınız 3rd plural falları falları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular falımı fallarımı 2nd singular falını fallarını 3rd singular falını fallarını 1st plural falımızı fallarımızı 2nd plural falınızı fallarınızı 3rd plural fallarını fallarını dative singular plural 1st singular falıma fallarıma 2nd singular falına fallarına 3rd singular falına fallarına 1st plural falımıza fallarımıza 2nd plural falınıza fallarınıza 3rd plural fallarına fallarına locative singular plural 1st singular falımda fallarımda 2nd singular falında fallarında 3rd singular falında fallarında 1st plural falımızda fallarımızda 2nd plural falınızda fallarınızda 3rd plural fallarında fallarında ablative singular plural 1st singular falımdan fallarımdan 2nd singular falından fallarından 3rd singular falından fallarından 1st plural falımızdan fallarımızdan 2nd plural falınızdan fallarınızdan 3rd plural fallarından fallarından genitive singular plural 1st singular falımın fallarımın 2nd singular falının fallarının 3rd singular falının fallarının 1st plural falımızın fallarımızın 2nd plural falınızın fallarınızın 3rd plural fallarının fallarının

See also

• bakla falı
• el falı
• fal açmak
• fal bakmak
• fal taşı
• fal tutmak
• falcı
• falgir
• falgu
• falihayır
• fallamak
• falname
• iskambil falı
• kahve falı
• papatya falı

idiomatic uses of "fal"

• fala inanma, falsız da kalma
• falına bakmak

Further reading

• “fal”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “fal”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “fal”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1542
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “fal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English fall and German Fall.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fal/

Noun

fal (genitive fala, 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”))

Declension

Declension of fal

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fal	fals
Genitive	fala	falas
Dative	fale	fales
Accusative	fali	falis
Predicative1	falu	falus
Vocative	o fal	o fals

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Derived terms

• däfalön (“to fall to pieces”)
• falayan (“trapdoor, hatch”)
• falön (“to fall”)
• fälön (“to make or cause to fall, to fell”)
• vatafal (“water fall”)

West Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fall, from Proto-Germanic *fallaz.

Cognate with Dutch val, English fall, German Fall.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔl/

Noun

fal c (plural fallen, diminutive faltsje)

1. (uncountable) fall
2. (uncountable) downfall, decline
3. (rare, grammar) case

Derived terms

• namfal
• wetterfal

Further reading

• “fal”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011