falur

See also: Falur

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin fallāre, from Latin fallēre. Compare Italian fallare.

Verb

falur

1. to fail

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaːlʏr/

  Rhymes: -aːlʏr

  Homophone: Falur

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse falr, from Proto-Germanic *falhuz.

Noun

falur m (genitive singular fals, nominative plural falir)

1. a socket at the back of a spearhead, into which the shaft is placed
2. the part of a knife’s blade that extends into the handle
3. (poetic) spear
4. lamp holder

Declension

Declension of falur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	falur	falurinn	falir	falirnir
accusative	fal	falinn	fali	falina
dative	fal	falnum	fölum	fölunum
genitive	fals	falsins	fala	falanna

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Danish fald, from Proto-Germanic *fallą.

Noun

falur m (genitive singular fals, nominative plural falir)

1. (nautical) halyard

Declension

Declension of falur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	falur	falurinn	falir	falirnir
accusative	fal	falinn	fali	falina
dative	fal	falnum	fölum	fölunum
genitive	fals	falsins	fala	falanna

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *falaz. Compare Lithuanian pelnas, Old Church Slavonic плѣнъ (plěnŭ).

Adjective

falur (comparative falari, superlative falastur)

1. for sale, able to be bought

   Synonyms: útbær, útþægur

   Hvað kostar sjónvarpið þitt? - Það er ekki falt!

   How much for your television? - It's not for sale!

   Mér er hann falur.

   I want to sell it.

   Og var allt falt fyrir peninga í Róm.

   And everything could be bought for money in Rome.

   Á fimmtudaginn gjörði hann sína vöru fala'.

   He did put his commodity ' on Thursday.

2. (of a person) susceptible to bribery; bribable

   Allir embættismenn ríkisins eru grimmir og falir fyrir fé.

   All government officials are of cruel heart and can be bought for money.

Declension

Positive forms of falur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	falur	föl	falt
	accusative	falan	fala
	dative	fölum	falri	fölu
	genitive	fals	falrar	fals
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	falir	falar	föl
	accusative	fala
	dative	fölum
	genitive	falra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	fali	fala	fala
	acc/dat/gen	fala	fölu
	plural (all-case)	fölu

Comparative forms of falur

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	falari	falari	falara
	plural (all-case)	falari

Superlative forms of falur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	falastur	fölust	falast
	accusative	falastan	falasta
	dative	fölustum	falastri	fölustu
	genitive	falasts	falastrar	falasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	falastir	falastar	fölust
	accusative	falasta
	dative	fölustum
	genitive	falastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	falasti	falasta	falasta
	acc/dat/gen	falasta	fölustu
	plural (all-case)	fölustu

Derived terms

• falbjóða

See also

• fala

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “falur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “falur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Tetum

Etymology

From *balu-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baluj.

Noun

falur

1. pigeon

   Synonym: pombu

References

• “falur”, in Dicionário infopédia: Tetum-English, Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025