# falsa
## English
### Noun

falsa (plural falsas)
* Alternative form of phalsa

### Anagrams

* fa-las, Alfas, salaf, alfas

## Asturian
### Adjective

falsa
* feminine singular of falsu

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈfal.sə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈfal.sa]

### Adjective

falsa
* feminine singular of fals

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From English false, German falsch, Italian falso, Polish fałszywy, Russian фальши́вый (falʹšívyj).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [ˈfalsa]
* Rhymes: -alsa
* Hyphenation: fal‧sa

### Adjective

falsa (accusative singular falsan, plural falsaj, accusative plural falsajn)
* fake, counterfeit, false (not genuine, but rather artificial)

#### Derived terms

* falsa amiko (“false friend”)

#### Related terms

* falsi (“to forge, counterfeit”)

### See also

* malvera (“untrue”)

## Faroese
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

falsa (third person singular past indicative falsaði, third person plural past indicative falsaðu, supine falsað)
* falsify, fake
* adulterate
* counterfeit
* forge
* falsify, corrupt, tamper with
* deceive, cheat, defraud, swindle

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2
#### Verb

falsa (third person singular past indicative falsaði, third person plural past indicative falsaðu, supine falsað)
* fold; flange

##### Conjugation
#### Further reading

* "falsa" at Sprotin.fo

## Galician
### Verb

falsa
* inflection of falsar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Icelandic
### Verb

falsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative falsaði, supine falsað)
* to falsify, forge

#### Related terms

* fals
* falsaður
* fölsun

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* falsach
* fallsa (superseded)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English false, fals, from Latin falsus (“counterfeit, false”) via both Old English fals (“false”) and Anglo-Norman fals, faus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfˠɑl̪ˠsˠə/, /ˈfˠal̪ˠsˠə/

### Adjective

falsa
* false
* lazy

#### Declension

$^1$ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article. $^2$ When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

#### Derived terms

* fear falsa

#### Descendants

* → Yola: faulsa

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 209, page 80

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “falsa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “falsa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “falsa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfal.sa/
* Rhymes: -alsa
* Hyphenation: fàl‧sa

### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

falsa
* feminine singular of falso

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

falsa
* inflection of falsare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈfal.sa/, [ˈfäɫ̪s̠ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈfal.sa/, [ˈfälsä]

### Noun

falsa
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of falsum

### Adjective

falsa
* inflection of falsus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

### Adjective

falsā
* ablative feminine singular of falsus

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Adjective

falsa
* feminine singular of fals

## Old Spanish
### Adjective

falsa
* feminine singular of falso

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfaw.sɐ/ [ˈfaʊ̯.sɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfaw.sɐ/ [ˈfaʊ̯.sɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈfaw.sa/ [ˈfaʊ̯.sa]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfal.sɐ/ [ˈfaɫ.sɐ]
* Hyphenation: fal‧sa
* Rhymes: -alsɐ, -awsɐ

#### Adjective

falsa
* feminine singular of falso

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

falsa
* inflection of falsar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfalsa/ [ˈfal.sa]
* Rhymes: -alsa
* Syllabification: fal‧sa

### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

falsa
* feminine singular of falso

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

falsa
* inflection of falsar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative