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falla

falla

See also: fallá and fälla

Catalan

Noun

falla f (plural falles)

  1. constructions of inflammable materials, based in figures that are caricatures (the ninots) that are instaled in certain Valencian municipalities and are burned to ashes the day of Saint Joseph.
  2. the holidays around these constructions.
  3. the associations or organizations around these constructions.

Etymology 2

From fallir.

Noun

falla f (plural falles)

  1. fault or lack
  2. (geology) fault

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse falla, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pōl-.

Verb

falla (third person singular past indicative fall, third person plural past indicative fullu, supine fallið)

  1. to fall

Conjugation


Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse falla, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pōl-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfatla/
  • Rhymes: -atla

Verb

falla (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative féll, third-person plural past indicative féllu, supine fallið)

  1. (intransitive) to fall syn.
  2. (intransitive) to be killed, especially in action or in battle syn.
    • Matthew 26:52 (English and Icelandic)
      Jesús sagði við hann: „Slíðra sverð þitt! Allir, sem sverði bregða, munu fyrir sverði falla.“
      “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.”
  3. (intransitive) to flow syn.
  4. (intransitive) to fit closely, to shut tight, to meet syn.
  5. (intransitive) to like syn.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • falla allur ketill í eld
  • falla um
  • falla um koll
  • falla í gleymsku
  • falla vel við (to like somebody)
    Mér fellur vel við hann.
    I like him.
  • falla þungt (to be grieved by something)
    Mér fellur þetta þungt.
    This grieves me.
  • fallast
  • fallast á
  • fallast hendur
  • fallinn m, fallin f, fallið
  • vera vel til fallið (to be a good idea)
  • falla á prófi (to fail an exam)
  • falla að (of the tide; to be coming in)
  • falla frá
  • falla í gjalddaga
  • falla í kosningum
  • falla í stafi
  • falla í skaut
  • falla niður
  • fall
  • falla eins og flís við rass

Related terms

Synonyms

Noun

falla n

  1. indefinite genitive plural of fall

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɑl̪ˠə/

Noun

falla m (genitive singular falla, nominative plural fallaí)

  1. (Munster) wall

Declension

Synonyms

  • balla (Connacht, Ulster)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
falla fhalla bhfalla
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian

Noun

falla f (plural falle)

  1. leak

Verb

falla

  1. third-person singular present indicative of fallare
  2. second-person singular imperative of fallare

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian fallire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɐlːɐ/

Verb

falla (imperfect jfalli)

  1. to be absent

Conjugation


Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

falla n

  1. definite plural of fall

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

falla n

  1. definite plural of fall

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pōl-. Akin to Old English feallan (English fall), Old Frisian falla (West Frisian falle), Old Saxon fallan (Low German fallen), Old Dutch fallan (Dutch vallen), Old High German fallan (German fallen).

Verb

falla (singular past indicative féll, plural past indicative féllu, past participle fallinn)

  1. to fall

Descendants


Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse falla, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną.

Verb

falla

  1. to fall

Conjugation

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Descendants


Portuguese

Noun

falla f (plural fallas)

  1. Obsolete spelling of fala

Verb

falla

  1. Obsolete spelling of fala

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin falla.

Noun

falla f (plural fallas)

  1. A flaw.
  2. A failure.
  3. An outage, such as a blackout.
  4. (geology) A fault.

Verb

falla

  1. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of fallar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of fallar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of fallar.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish falla, from Old Norse falla, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pōl-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /falːa/

Verb

falla

  1. to fall
  2. to die, especially in battle

Conjugation

Synonyms

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