falsa

See also: falsá

English

Noun

falsa (plural falsas)

1. Alternative form of phalsa.

Anagrams

• fa-las, Alfas, salaf, alfas

Asturian

Adjective

falsa

1. feminine singular of falsu

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfal.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfal.sa]

Adjective

falsa

1. feminine singular of fals

Esperanto

Etymology

From English false, German falsch, Italian falso, Polish fałszywy, Russian фальши́вый (falʹšívyj).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /ˈfalsa/
• Rhymes: -alsa
• Hyphenation: fal‧sa

Adjective

falsa (accusative singular falsan, plural falsaj, accusative plural falsajn)

1. fake, counterfeit, false (not genuine, but rather artificial)

Derived terms

• falsa amiko (“false friend”)

Related terms

• falsi (“to forge, counterfeit”)

See also

• malvera (“untrue”)

Faroese

Etymology 1

Verb

falsa (third person singular past indicative falsaði, third person plural past indicative falsaðu, supine falsað)

1. falsify, fake
2. adulterate
3. counterfeit
4. forge
5. falsify, corrupt, tamper with
6. deceive, cheat, defraud, swindle

Conjugation

Conjugation of falsa (group v-30)

infinitive	falsa
supine	falsað
	present	past
first singular	falsi	falsaði
second singular	falsar	falsaði
third singular	falsar	falsaði
plural	falsa	falsaðu
participle (a6)1	falsandi	falsaður
	imperative
singular	falsa!
plural	falsið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Etymology 2

Verb

falsa (third person singular past indicative falsaði, third person plural past indicative falsaðu, supine falsað)

1. fold; flange

Conjugation

Conjugation of falsa (group v-30)

infinitive	falsa
supine	falsað
	present	past
first singular	falsi	falsaði
second singular	falsar	falsaði
third singular	falsar	falsaði
plural	falsa	falsaðu
participle (a6)1	falsandi	falsaður
	imperative
singular	falsa!
plural	falsið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Further reading

• "falsa" at Sprotin.fo

Galician

Verb

falsa

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

Icelandic

Verb

falsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative falsaði, supine falsað)

1. to falsify, forge

Conjugation

falsa – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að falsa
supine sagnbót		falsað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		falsandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	falsa	falsaði		falsi	falsaði
	þú	falsar	falsaðir		falsir	falsaðir
	hann, hún, það	falsar	falsaði		falsi	falsaði
plural	við	fölsum	fölsuðum		fölsum	fölsuðum
	þið	falsið	fölsuðuð		falsið	fölsuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	falsa	fölsuðu		falsi	fölsuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	falsa (þú), falsaðu
plural	þið	falsið (þið), falsiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

falsast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að falsast
supine sagnbót		falsast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		falsandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	falsast	falsaðist		falsist	falsaðist
	þú	falsast	falsaðist		falsist	falsaðist
	hann, hún, það	falsast	falsaðist		falsist	falsaðist
plural	við	fölsumst	fölsuðumst		fölsumst	fölsuðumst
	þið	falsist	fölsuðust		falsist	fölsuðust
	þeir, þær, þau	falsast	fölsuðust		falsist	fölsuðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	falsast (þú), falsastu
plural	þið	falsist (þið), falsisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

falsaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	falsaður	fölsuð	falsað	falsaðir	falsaðar	fölsuð
accusative (þolfall)	falsaðan	falsaða	falsað	falsaða	falsaðar	fölsuð
dative (þágufall)	fölsuðum	falsaðri	fölsuðu	fölsuðum	fölsuðum	fölsuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	falsaðs	falsaðrar	falsaðs	falsaðra	falsaðra	falsaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	falsaði	falsaða	falsaða	fölsuðu	fölsuðu	fölsuðu
accusative (þolfall)	falsaða	fölsuðu	falsaða	fölsuðu	fölsuðu	fölsuðu
dative (þágufall)	falsaða	fölsuðu	falsaða	fölsuðu	fölsuðu	fölsuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	falsaða	fölsuðu	falsaða	fölsuðu	fölsuðu	fölsuðu

Related terms

• fals
• falsaður
• fölsun

Irish

Alternative forms

• falsach
• fallsa (superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English false, fals, from Latin falsus (“counterfeit, false”) via both Old English fals (“false”) and Anglo-Norman fals, faus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɑl̪ˠsˠə/, /ˈfˠal̪ˠsˠə/

Adjective

falsa

1. false
2. lazy

Declension

Declension of falsa

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	falsa	fhalsa	falsa; fhalsa2
vocative	fhalsa		falsa
genitive		falsa	falsa	falsa
dative	falsa; fhalsa1	fhalsa	falsa; fhalsa2
Comparative	níos falsa
Superlative	is falsa

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• fear falsa

Descendants

• → Yola: faulsa

Mutation

Mutated forms of falsa

radical	lenition	eclipsis
falsa	fhalsa	bhfalsa

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “falsa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “falsa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “falsa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfal.sa/
• Rhymes: -alsa
• Hyphenation: fàl‧sa

Etymology 1

Adjective

falsa

1. feminine singular of falso

Etymology 2

Verb

falsa

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfaɫ.sa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfal.sa]

Noun

falsa

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of falsum

Adjective

falsa

1. inflection of falsus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

falsā

1. ablative feminine singular of falsus

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Adjective

falsa

1. feminine singular of fals

Old Spanish

Adjective

falsa

1. feminine singular of falso

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.sɐ/ [ˈfaʊ̯.sɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.sɐ/ [ˈfaʊ̯.sɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.sa/ [ˈfaʊ̯.sa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfal.sɐ/ [ˈfaɫ.sɐ]

• Hyphenation: fal‧sa
• Rhymes: -alsɐ, -awsɐ

Adjective

falsa

1. feminine singular of falso

Etymology 2

Verb

falsa

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfalsa/ [ˈfal.sa]
• Rhymes: -alsa
• Syllabification: fal‧sa

Etymology 1

Adjective

falsa

1. feminine singular of falso

Etymology 2

Verb

falsa

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