# fal
## English
### Verb

fal
* 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”).
* Borrowed from South Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *xvaliti (“to praise”), compare Macedonian фали (fali), Serbo-Croatian hváliti / хва́лити.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfal/
* Rhymes: -al

### Verb

fal (aorist fala, participle falur)
* to forgive, pardon
    më falni ― sorry (literally, “forgive me”)
** to remit, grant amnesty
** to free (a prisoner)
    Synonym: liroj
** to relieve (from a debt)
    Synonym: liroj
* 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 dalëGreat God! May I be bestowed to you, how many Slavs come to us!
* to lend
    Synonym: huaj
* to worship (a god); to celebrate (a ceremony, festivity, etc.)
    fal bajramin ― to celebrate Eid
* to greet, salute
    Synonym: përshëndet
* to turn off
    Synonyms: shuaj, fik
    fal dritën ― to turn off the light
* to bend over
    Synonyms: ul, përkul
* (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

* ↑ Çabej, E. (1986) Studime gjuhësore (in Albanian), volume I, Prishtinë: Rilindja, page 173f.
* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “fal”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 93
* ↑ Meyer, G. (1891) “faľ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 98
* ↑ Flora, Koleci (2022) “Tradurre il testo e … tradire il contesto”, in Lingue e linguaggi, volume 48, →DOI, page 165
* “fal”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980, page 446f.

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَأْل (“good omen”).

### Noun

fal (definite accusative falı, plural fallar)
* divination, fortune-telling
    fala baxmaq ― to tell fortunes
* a sample of a fruit, such as melon or watermelon, cut out by the vendor and presented to the potential buyer
* a piece (of bread)

#### Derived terms

* falçı
* falçılıq

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: փալ (pʻal)

### Further reading

* “fal” in Obastan.com.

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

From Arabic فَأْل (“good omen”).

### Noun

fal
* divination, fortune-telling

#### Derived terms

* fal açmaq
* fal baqmaq
* falcı

### References

* “fal”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfɒl]
* Rhymes: -ɒl

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

fal (plural falak)
* wall

##### Derived terms

* falas
* falaz
* fali
* 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
* 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
* 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
* (ambitransitive) to devour, gorge, wolf, scarf (eat greedily, voraciously, or ravenously)
    Synonyms: zabál, habzsol, tömi magát

##### Derived terms

* falat
* falánk
* falás
* faldos
* falogat
* faló
* falós
* nyal-fal
(With verbal prefixes):
* befal
* felfal
* fölfal

### References

* ↑ Entry #687 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
* ↑ fal in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* (wall): fal 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
* (to devour): fal 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
* 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 2024).

## Icelandic
### Noun

fal
* indefinite accusative singular of falur
* indefinite dative singular of falur

## Kott
### Alternative forms

* phal

### Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔapV ("hotness, sweat"). Compare Assan palá, pfóltu, paltu ("hot").

### Adjective

fal
* hot, warm

#### Related terms

* apīkŋ
* apīkŋ uganaŋ
* apīkŋán
* pala

## Ladin
### Noun

fal m (plural fai)
* error

## Luxembourgish
### Verb

fal
* second-person singular imperative of falen

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* fall, val

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fal/

### Noun

fal (plural falles)
* 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: /fɑːl/

### Adjective

fal (neuter falt, definite singular and plural fale, comparative falare, indefinite superlative falast, definite superlative falaste)
* (archaic) for sale
* (archaic) available

### References

* “fal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Norse
### Verb

fal
* first/third-person singular past active indicative of fela

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfal/
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: fal

### Noun

fal f
* genitive plural of fala

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse falr.

### Adjective

fal (not comparable)
* (dated) for sale, that can be bought, bribable, corrupt
    en fal kvinna
       a prostitute

#### Declension

$^1$ 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 (SAOL)

### Anagrams

* Alf, alf

## Turkish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

fal (definite accusative falı, plural fallar)
* fortune telling, omen

#### Declension

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

* fala inanma, falsız da kalma
* falcı
* fal bakmak
* kahve falı

## Volapük
### Etymology

Borrowed from English fall and German Fall.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fal/

### Noun

fal (nominative plural fals)
* the action of falling
* (grammar) grammatical case (in classic or original Volapük (Volapük rigik: kimfal (“nominative”), kimafal (“genitive”), borrowed from German Fall (“case”))

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

#### 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”)