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faal

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English

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Adjective

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faal (comparative more faal, superlative most faal)

  1. (Yorkshire) Ugly; foul; evil.
    • 1897, Charlotte Brontë, chapter 38, in Jane Eyre[1]:
      'And again, “If she ben’t one o’ th’ handsomest, she’s noan faâl and varry good-natured; and i’ his een she’s fair beautiful, onybody may see that.”

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

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faal c (plural falen, diminutive faaltje n)

  1. failure, mistake, blunder
    • 2010, retorbrapi, Nieuwe OS X (faal)
      Al met al een grote faal dus. Nu hebben ze wel gezegd in de loop van het jaar nog nieuwe features aan te kondigen, dus het is voor een deel nog even afwachten.
      All in all a big failure. They did say new features would be announced later on in the year, though, so partially we still have to wait for a while.

Derived terms

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Interjection

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faal

  1. fail

Verb

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faal

  1. inflection of falen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈfaal]
  • Hyphenation: fa‧al

Etymology 1

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From Arabic فَعْل (faʕl, work, function).

Noun

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faal

  1. work, deed.
    Synonyms: perbuatan, kerja
  2. (medicine) physiology: the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.
    Synonym: fisiologi
  3. (biology) function: the physiological activity of an organ or body part.
    Synonym: fungsi
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Etymology 2

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From Arabic فَأْل (faʔl, omen).

Noun

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faal

  1. omen.
    Synonym: tanda

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North Frisian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian falla, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną. Cognates include West Frisian falle.

Verb

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faal

  1. (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt) to fall

Conjugation

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فعال (faʿʿâl), from Arabic فَعَّال (faʕʕāl).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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faal

  1. (dated) active
    Synonym: aktif

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