falir

Icelandic

Noun

falir

1. indefinite nominative plural of falur

Old French

Alternative forms

• faillir, falleir, faloir

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fallīre, from Latin fallere.

Verb

falir

1. to fail
2. to err; to make a mistake

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of falir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		falir			avoir fali, failli
gerund		en falant, faillant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		falant, faillant
past participle		fali, failli
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	fail	faus	faut	falons, faillons	falez, failliez	falent, faillent
	imperfect	faloie, faleie, failloie, failleie	faloies, faleies, failloies, failleies	faloit, faleit, failloit, failleit	faliiens, faliens, failliiens, failliens	faliiez, faliez, failliiez, failliez	faloient, faleient, failloient, failleient
	preterite	fali, failli	falis, faillis	fali, failli	falimes, faillimes	falistes, faillistes	falirent, faillirent
	future	faudrai	faudras	faudra	faudrons	faudroiz, faudreiz, faudrez	faudront
	conditional	faudroie, faudreie	faudroies, faudreies	faudroit, faudreit	faudriiens, faudriens	faudriiez, faudriez	faudroient, faudreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	faille	failles	faille	failliens, faillons	failliez	faillent
	imperfect	faillise	faillises	faillit	faillisons, faillisiens	faillisoiz, faillisez, faillisiez	faillisent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	fail	—	falons, faillons	falez, failliez	—

Derived terms

• falleir

Descendants

• Middle French: faillir (via faillir)
  • French: faillir
    • → Swedish: fallera
• Middle French: (via faloir)
  • French: falloir
• → Middle Dutch: falen
  • Dutch: falen
• → Middle English: failen
  • English: fail
  • Scots: fail
• → Middle High German: vælen, vēlen
  • Alemannic German: fääle, fäälä, fèèle
  • Central Franconian: fähle
  • Cimbrian: véelan, béelan, veln
  • German: fehlen
• → Middle Low German: feilen
  • → Danish: fejle
  • → Dutch: feilen
  • → Icelandic: feila
  • → Norwegian: feile
  • → Swedish: fela

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷʰh₂el-der.

Proto-Italic *falsō?

Classical Latin fallere

Vulgar Latin *fallīre

Old Galician-Portuguese falir

Portuguese falir

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese falir, from Vulgar Latin *fallīre, from Classical Latin fallere, possibly from Proto-Italic *falsō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷʰh₂el-.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈli(ʁ)/ [faˈli(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈli(ʁ)/ [faˈli(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /faˈli(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /faˈli(ʁ)/ [faˈli(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /faˈli(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐˈliɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐˈliɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐˈli.ɾi/

Verb

falir (no stressed present indicative or subjunctive, first-person singular preterite fali, past participle falido)

1. (intransitive) to go bankrupt
2. (Brazil, transitive) to bankrupt

Conjugation

    Conjugation of falir (defective) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	falir
Personal	falir	falires	falir	falirmos	falirdes	falirem
Gerund
	falindo
Past participle
Masculine	falido			falidos
Feminine	falida			falidas
Indicative
Present	—	—	—	falimos	falis	—
Imperfect	falia	falias	falia	falíamos	falíeis	faliam
Preterite	fali	faliste	faliu	falimos	falistes	faliram
Pluperfect	falira	faliras	falira	falíramos	falíreis	faliram
Future	falirei	falirás	falirá	faliremos	falireis	falirão
Conditional	faliria	falirias	faliria	faliríamos	faliríeis	faliriam
Subjunctive
Present	—	—	—	—	—	—
Imperfect	falisse	falisses	falisse	falíssemos	falísseis	falissem
Future	falir	falires	falir	falirmos	falirdes	falirem
Imperative
Affirmative		—	—	—	fali	—
Negative (não)		—	—	—	—	—

Related terms

• falência
• falimentar
• falecer
• falhar
• falta

Further reading

• “falir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “falir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026