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. imperative

Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

faal (first-person possessive faalku, second-person possessive faalmu, third-person possessive faalnya)

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 (first-person possessive faalku, second-person possessive faalmu, third-person possessive faalnya)

1. omen.

   Synonym: tanda

Further reading

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

North Frisian

Etymology

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

Verb

faal

1. (Föhr-Amrum) to fall

Conjugation

Conjugation of faal

infinitive I	faal
infinitive II	tu faalen
past participle	feelen
imperative singular	faal
imperative plural	faal'em
	present	past
1st-person singular	ik faal	ik fool
2nd-person singular	dü fäälst	dü foolst
3rd-person singular	hi/hat/at fäält	hi/hat/at fool
1st-person dual	wat faal	wat fool
2nd-person dual	jat faal	jat fool
1st-person plural	wi faal	wi fool
2nd-person plural	jam faal	jam fool
3rd-person plural	jo faal	jo fool
	perfect	pluperfect
1st-person singular	ik san feelen	ik wiar feelen
2nd-person singular	dü beest feelen	dü wiarst feelen
3rd-person singular	hi/hat/at as feelen	hi/hat/at wiar feelen
1st-person dual	wat san feelen	wat wiar feelen
2nd-person dual	jat san feelen	jat wiar feelen
1st-person plural	wi san feelen	wi wiar feelen
2nd-person plural	jam san feelen	jam wiar feelen
3rd-person plural	jo san feelen	jo wiar feelen
	future (skel)	future (wel)
1st-person singular	ik skal faal	ik wal faal
2nd-person singular	dü skääl faal	dü wääl faal
3rd-person singular	hi/hat/at skal faal	hi/hat/at wal faal
1st-person dual	wat skel faal	wat wel faal
2nd-person dual	jat skel faal	jat wel faal
1st-person plural	wi skel faal	wi wel faal
2nd-person plural	jam skel faal	jam wel faal
3rd-person plural	jo skel faal	jo 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	negative, declarative	negative, interrogative
ben (I am)	faalim	faal miyim?	faal değilim	faal değil miyim?
sen (you are)	faalsin	faal misin?	faal değilsin	faal değil misin?
o (he/she/it is)	faal / faal?ir	faal mi?	faal değil	faal değil mi?
biz (we are)	faaliz	faal miyiz?	faal değiliz	faal değil miyiz?
siz (you are)	faalsiniz	faal misiniz?	faal değilsiniz	faal değil misiniz?
onlar (they are)	faal(ler)	faal(ler) mi?	faal değil(ler)	faal değiller mi?
past tense
	positive, declarative	positive, interrogative	negative, declarative	negative, interrogative
ben (I was)	faal?im	faal miydim?	faal değildim	faal değil miydim?
sen (you were)	faal?in	faal miydin?	faal değildin	faal değil miydin?
o (he/she/it was)	faal?i	faal miydi?	faal değildi	faal değil miydi?
biz (we were)	faal?ik	faal miydik?	faal değildik	faal değil miydik?
siz (you were)	faal?iniz	faal miydiniz?	faal değildiniz	faal değil miydiniz?
onlar (they were)	faal?iler	faal miydiler?	faal değildi(ler) / değillerdi	faal değil miydiler?
indirect past
	positive, declarative	positive, interrogative	negative, declarative	negative, interrogative
ben (I was)	faalmişim	faal miymişim?	faal değilmişim	faal değil miymişim?
sen (you were)	faalmişsin	faal miymişsin?	faal değilmişsin	faal değil miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was)	faalmiş	faal miymiş?	faal değilmiş	faal değil miymiş?
biz (we were)	faalmişiz	faal miymişiz?	faal değilmişiz	faal değil miymişiz?
siz (you were)	faalmişsiniz	faal miymişsiniz?	faal değilmişsiniz	faal değil miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were)	faalmişler	faal miymişler?	faal değilmiş(ler) / değillermiş	faal değil miymişler?
conditional
	positive, declarative	positive, interrogative	negative, declarative	negative, interrogative
ben (if I)	faalsem	faal miysem?	faal değilsem	faal değil miysem?
sen (if you)	faalsen	faal miysen?	faal değilsen	faal değil miysen?
o (if he/she/it)	faalse	faal miyse?	faal değilse	faal değil miyse?
biz (if we)	faalsek	faal miysek?	faal değilsek	faal değil miysek?
siz (if you)	faalseniz	faal miyseniz?	faal değilseniz	faal değil miyseniz?
onlar (if they)	faalseler	faal miyseler?	faal değilseler / değillerse	faal değil miyseler?