falha

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Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Rhymes: -aʎɐ
  • Hyphenation: fa‧lha

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from French faille, from Vulgar Latin *fallia.[1][2]

Noun[edit]

falha f (plural falhas)

  1. a flaw
  2. (geology) a fault

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

falha

  1. inflection of falhar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References[edit]

  1. ^ “falha” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
  2. ^ “falha” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Thao[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀah (“ember; glowing coal”).

Noun[edit]

falha

  1. charcoal
    sa falha ya muqtha putuan apuy, muqtha thithu mimbarumbun shunara.
    If the black charcoal is put into the fire again, it will burn fiercely again.
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