feil

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See also: Feil and féil

Azerbaijani

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic فِعْل (fiʕl).

Noun

feil (definite accusative feilni, plural feillər)

  1. (grammar) verb
    təsirli və təsirsiz feillərtransitive and intransitive verbs
    feilin şəxsə görə dəyişməsiverb conjugation for person
    feilin məsdərithe infinitive form of the verb

Declension


Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French faille, from Old French faille, from Vulgar Latin *fallita.

Pronunciation

Noun

feil f (plural feilen, diminutive feiltje n)

  1. (archaic) error
    Synonyms: fout, gebrek
  2. (obsolete) shortage, lack
    Synonyms: gebrek, tekort

Derived terms


German

Etymology

From Middle High German veil, veile, from a conflation of Old High German feili ("good, trusty"; from Proto-Germanic *failijaz) and fali ("venal, for-sale"; from Proto-Germanic *faliz). Cognate with Dutch veil and Old Norse falr (> Danish, Norwegian, Swedish fal). Another cognates include Ancient Greek πωλέω (pōléō, sell).

Pronunciation

Adjective

feil (not comparable)

  1. vendible, for sale (often used in constructions such as feil halten, feil stehen)

Declension

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Derived terms

Further reading

  • feil” in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German feil, fēl, which is borrowed from Old French faille, which is derived from Latin fallō. Cognate with Danish fejl, Swedish fel, German Fehler and English fail.[1]. Adverb and adjective derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

Adjective

feil (indeclinable)

  1. wrong

Adverb

feil

  1. wrong

Noun

feil m (definite singular feilen, indefinite plural feil, definite plural feila or feilene)

  1. error, mistake

Derived terms

Further reading


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German [Term?], from French faille.

Pronunciation

Noun

feil m (definite singular feilen, indefinite plural feil, definite plural feila)

  1. error, mistake

Adjective

feil (indeclinable)

  1. wrong

Adverb

feil

  1. wrong

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Alf Torp, "Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok", Oslo 1992 (reprint), →ISBN

Old Irish

Verb

feil

  1. Alternative form of fil

Volapük

Pronunciation

Proper noun

feil

  1. tilth

Declension

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