falda

English

Etymology

From Italian falda, from a Germanic language; compare fold.

Noun

falda (plural faldas)

1. A white silk vestment worn by the pope, which is a long skirt, worn over the cassock, extending beneath the hem of the alb, reaching to the ground.

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Asturian

Noun

falda f (plural faldes)

1. skirt

Synonyms

• saya

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Icelandic

Etymology

From faldur (“hem”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfalta/
• Rhymes: -alta

Verb

falda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative faldaði, supine faldað)

1. to hem, to lay up

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Italian

Etymology

From Germanic. Compare German Falte (“fold”), Spanish falda (“skirt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfal.da/

Noun

falda f (plural falde)

1. layer, stratum
2. brim (of a hat)
3. tails (of a coat)
4. lower slope (of a mountain)
5. snowflake

   Synonym: fiocco

Derived terms

• sfaldare

Further reading

• falda in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Germanic *falþaną, whence also English fold. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to fold”).

Verb

falda (singular past indicative felt, plural past indicative feldu, past participle faldinn)

1. to hood

Conjugation

Conjugation of falda — active (strong class 7)

infinitive	falda
present participle	faldandi
past participle	faldinn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	feld	felt
2nd-person singular	feldr	felzt
3rd-person singular	feldr	felt
1st-person plural	fǫldum	feldum
2nd-person plural	faldið	felduð
3rd-person plural	falda	feldu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	falda	felda
2nd-person singular	faldir	feldir
3rd-person singular	faldi	feldi
1st-person plural	faldim	feldim
2nd-person plural	faldið	feldið
3rd-person plural	faldi	feldi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	fald
1st-person plural	fǫldum
2nd-person plural	faldið

Conjugation of falda — mediopassive (strong class 7)

infinitive	faldask
present participle	faldandisk
past participle	faldizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	fǫldumk	feldumk
2nd-person singular	felzk	felzk
3rd-person singular	felzk	felzk
1st-person plural	fǫldumsk	feldumsk
2nd-person plural	faldizk	felduzk
3rd-person plural	faldask	feldusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	fǫldumk	feldumk
2nd-person singular	faldisk	feldisk
3rd-person singular	faldisk	feldisk
1st-person plural	faldimsk	feldimsk
2nd-person plural	faldizk	feldizk
3rd-person plural	faldisk	feldisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	falzk
1st-person plural	fǫldumsk
2nd-person plural	faldizk

Descendants

• Danish: folde

References

• “falda2”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Germanic *faldōną. Also ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to fold”).

Verb

falda

1. to hood (= falda (etymology 1))
2. to fold, make folds

Conjugation

Conjugation of falda — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	falda
present participle	faldandi
past participle	faldaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	falda	faldaða
2nd-person singular	faldar	faldaðir
3rd-person singular	faldar	faldaði
1st-person plural	fǫldum	fǫlduðum
2nd-person plural	faldið	fǫlduðuð
3rd-person plural	falda	fǫlduðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	falda	faldaða
2nd-person singular	faldir	faldaðir
3rd-person singular	faldi	faldaði
1st-person plural	faldim	faldaðim
2nd-person plural	faldið	faldaðið
3rd-person plural	faldi	faldaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	falda
1st-person plural	fǫldum
2nd-person plural	faldið

Conjugation of falda — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	faldask
present participle	faldandisk
past participle	faldazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	fǫldumk	fǫlduðumk
2nd-person singular	faldask	faldaðisk
3rd-person singular	faldask	faldaðisk
1st-person plural	fǫldumsk	fǫlduðumsk
2nd-person plural	faldizk	fǫlduðuzk
3rd-person plural	faldask	fǫlduðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	fǫldumk	fǫlduðumk
2nd-person singular	faldisk	faldaðisk
3rd-person singular	faldisk	faldaðisk
1st-person plural	faldimsk	faldaðimsk
2nd-person plural	faldizk	faldaðizk
3rd-person plural	faldisk	faldaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	faldask
1st-person plural	fǫldumsk
2nd-person plural	faldizk

Related terms

• faldr
• -faldr

References

• “falda1”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Portuguese

Etymology

See fralda.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fal‧da

Noun

falda f (plural faldas)

1. foot, lower slope (of a mountain)
2. border, edge

Related terms

• fralda

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Spanish

Etymology

From a Germanic language. Compare Frankish *falda, Old High German faldan (“to fold”), English fold.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfalda/ [ˈfal̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -alda

Noun

falda f (plural faldas)

1. skirt
2. (slang) bit of skirt; (by extension) woman, especially as an object of desire
3. (butchery) brisket, a cut of meat
4. side (of a mountain); mountainside

Derived terms

• falda de vuelo
• falda escocesa
• minifalda

Descendants

• → Cebuano: palda
• → Tagalog: palda

Related terms

• nagua
• saya
• pollera
• enagua