faal

English

Alternative forms

• faâl, fahl

Adjective

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.”

References

• [2]

Anagrams

• AAFL, Alfa, Fala, fa-la

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

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

• faalangst

Interjection

faal

1. fail

Verb

faal

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

Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Arabic فَعْل (faʕl, “work, function”).

Noun

faal (plural faal-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

Derived terms

• ilmu faal

Etymology 2

From Arabic فَأْل (faʔl, “omen”).

Noun

faal (plural faal-faal)

1. omen.

   Synonym: tanda

Further reading

• “faal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• fåle (Mooring)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Föhr-Amrum) [faːl], (Sylt) [foːl]

Verb

faal

1. (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt) to fall

Conjugation

Conjugation of faal (Föhr-Amrum dialect)

infinitive I	faal
infinitive II	(tu) faalen
past participle	feelen
imperative singular	faal
imperative plural	faal’m
	present	past
1st singular	faal	fool
2nd singular	fäälst	foolst
3rd singular	fäält	fool
plural	faal	fool
	perfect	pluperfect
1st singular	san feelen	wiar feelen
2nd singular	beest feelen	wiarst feelen
3rd singular	as feelen	wiar feelen
plural	san feelen	wiar feelen
	future (skel)	future (wel)
1st singular	skal faal	wal faal
2nd singular	skääl faal	wääl faal
3rd singular	skal faal	wal faal
plural	skel faal	wel faal

Conjugation of faal (Sylt dialect)

infinitive I	faal
infinitive II	(tö) faalen
past participle	feelen
imperative	faal
	present	past
1st singular	faal	feel
2nd singular	falst	feelst
3rd singular	falt	feel
plural / dual	faal	feel
	perfect	pluperfect
1st singular	sen feelen	wiar feelen
2nd singular	best feelen	wiarst feelen
3rd singular	es feelen	wiar feelen
plural / dual	sen feelen	wiar feelen
	future (skel)	future (wel)
1st singular	skel faal	wel faal
2nd singular	sket faal	wet faal
3rd singular	skel faal	wel faal
plural / dual	skel faal	wel faal

Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɑːl/

Adjective

faal

1. (dated) active

   Synonym: aktif

Declension

Predicative forms of faal

present tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I am)	faalim	faal miyim?
sen (you are)	faalsin	faal misin?
o (he/she/it is)	faal / faal?ir	faal mi?
biz (we are)	faaliz	faal miyiz?
siz (you are)	faalsiniz	faal misiniz?
onlar (they are)	faal(ler)	faal(ler) mi?
past tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	faal?im	faal miydim?
sen (you were)	faal?in	faal miydin?
o (he/she/it was)	faal?i	faal miydi?
biz (we were)	faal?ik	faal miydik?
siz (you were)	faal?iniz	faal miydiniz?
onlar (they were)	faal?iler	faal miydiler?
indirect past
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	faalmişim	faal miymişim?
sen (you were)	faalmişsin	faal miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was)	faalmiş	faal miymiş?
biz (we were)	faalmişiz	faal miymişiz?
siz (you were)	faalmişsiniz	faal miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were)	faalmişler	faal miymişler?
conditional
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (if I)	faalsem	faal miysem?
sen (if you)	faalsen	faal miysen?
o (if he/she/it)	faalse	faal miyse?
biz (if we)	faalsek	faal miysek?
siz (if you)	faalseniz	faal miyseniz?
onlar (if they)	faalseler	faal miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.