falla

See also: fallá and fälla

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *facla, from Latin facula.

Noun

falla f (plural falles)

1. constructions of inflammable materials, based in figures that are caricatures (the ninots) that are instaled in certain Valencian municipalities and are burned to ashes the day of Saint Joseph.
2. the holidays around these constructions.
3. the associations or organizations around these constructions.

Etymology 2

From fallir.

Noun

falla f (plural falles)

1. fault or lack
2. (geology) fault

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse falla, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pōl-.

Verb

falla (third person singular past indicative fall, third person plural past indicative fullu, supine fallið)

1. to fall

Conjugation

   Conjugation of falla

v
infinitive	falla
present participle	fallandi
past participle a34	fallin
supine	fallið
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
indicative	eg	tú	hann/hon/tað	vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present	falli	fellur	fellur	falla
past	fall (fell)	fall/falst (fell)	fall (fell)	fullu
imperative	–	tú	–	tit
present	—	fall!	—	fallið!

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse falla, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pōl-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfatla/
• Rhymes: -atla

Verb

falla (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative féll, third-person plural past indicative féllu, supine fallið)

1. (intransitive) to fall ^syn.
2. (intransitive) to be killed, especially in action or in battle ^syn.
   • Matthew 26:52 (English and Icelandic)

     Jesús sagði við hann: „Slíðra sverð þitt! Allir, sem sverði bregða, munu fyrir sverði falla.“

     “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.”

3. (intransitive) to flow ^syn.
4. (intransitive) to fit closely, to shut tight, to meet ^syn.
5. (intransitive) to like ^syn.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• falla allur ketill í eld
• falla um
• falla um koll
• falla í gleymsku
• falla vel við (to like somebody)

  Mér fellur vel við hann.

  I like him.

• falla þungt (to be grieved by something)

  Mér fellur þetta þungt.

  This grieves me.

• fallast
• fallast á
• fallast hendur
• fallinn m, fallin f, fallið
• vera vel til fallið (to be a good idea)
• falla á prófi (to fail an exam)
• falla að (of the tide; to be coming in)
• falla frá
• falla í gjalddaga
• falla í kosningum
• falla í stafi
• falla í skaut
• falla niður
• fall
• falla eins og flís við rass

Related terms

• fella

Synonyms

• (fall): ^def. detta
• (be killed): ^def. vera drepinn
• (flow): ^def. streyma
• (fit closely): ^def. falla þétt að
• (like): ^def. líka

Noun

falla n

1. indefinite genitive plural of fall

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Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɑl̪ˠə/

Noun

falla m (genitive singular falla, nominative plural fallaí)

1. (Munster) wall

Declension

Declension of falla

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative falla fallaí Vocative a fhalla a fhallaí Genitive falla fallaí Dative falla fallaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an falla na fallaí Genitive an fhalla na bhfallaí Dative leis an bhfalla don fhalla leis na fallaí

Synonyms

• balla (Connacht, Ulster)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
falla	fhalla	bhfalla
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Italian

Noun

falla f (plural falle)

1. leak

Verb

falla

1. third-person singular present indicative of fallare
2. second-person singular imperative of fallare

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Maltese

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian fallire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɐlːɐ/

Verb

falla (imperfect jfalli)

1. to be absent

Conjugation

conjugation of falla

	singular					plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person m	3rd person f		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
	jien(a)	int(i)	hu(wa)	hi(ja)		aħna	intom	huma
perfect	fallejt	fallejt	falla	falliet		fallejna	fallejtu	fallew
imperfect	nfalli	tfalli	jfalli	tfalli	nfallu	tfallu	jfallu
imperative		falli				fallu

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• fallene

Noun

falla n

1. definite plural of fall

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

1. definite plural of fall

Verb

falla (present tense fell, past tense fall, past participle falle, passive infinitive fallast, present participle fallande, imperative fall)

1. Alternative form of falle

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pōl-. Akin to Old English feallan (English fall), Old Frisian falla (West Frisian falle), Old Saxon fallan (Low German fallen), Old Dutch fallan (Dutch vallen), Old High German fallan (German fallen).

Verb

falla (singular past indicative féll, plural past indicative féllu, past participle fallinn)

1. to fall

Descendants

• Danish: falde
• Faroese: falla
• Icelandic: falla

• Norwegian: falle (bokmål), falle, falla (nynorsk)
• Swedish: falla

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Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse falla, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną.

Verb

falla

1. to fall

Conjugation

Conjugation of falla (strong)

	present			past
infinitive	falla			—
participle	fallandi, -e			fallin
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	falder	falli, -e	—	fiol	fiolli, -e
þū	falder	falli, -e	fal	fiolt	fiolli, -e
han	falder	falli, -e	—	fiol	fiolli, -e
vīr	fallum, -om	fallum, -om	fallum, -om	fiollum, -om	fiollum, -om
īr	fallin	fallin	fallin	fiollin	fiollin
þēr	falla	fallin	—	fiollu, -o	fiollin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	—	—	—	—	—
þū	—	—	—	—	—
han	—	—	—	—	—
vīr	—	—	—	—	—
īr	—	—	—	—	—
þēr	—	—	—	—	—

Descendants

• Swedish: falla

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Portuguese

Noun

falla f (plural fallas)

1. Obsolete spelling of fala

Verb

falla

1. Obsolete spelling of fala

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Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin falla.

Noun

falla f (plural fallas)

1. A flaw.
2. A failure.
3. An outage, such as a blackout.
4. (geology) A fault.

Verb

falla

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of fallar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of fallar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of fallar.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish falla, from Old Norse falla, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pōl-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /falːa/

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Verb

falla

1. to fall
2. to die, especially in battle

Conjugation

Conjugation of falla (class 7 strong)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	falla	—
Present tense	faller	—
Past tense	föll	—
Supine	fallit	—
Imperative	fall	—
Present participle	fallande
Past participle	fallen

Synonyms

• (fall): trilla
• (die): stupa

Related terms

• fälla