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falla

See also: Falla, fallá, fállá, fålla, and fälla

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *facla, contracted form of Latin facula, diminutive of fax (“torch”). Compare the borrowed doublet fàcula.

Noun

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falla f (plural falles)

  1. constructions of inflammable materials, based in figures that are caricatures (the ninots) that are installed 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
  4. fire, bonfire
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Etymology 2

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Deverbal of fallar.

Noun

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falla f (plural falles)

  1. fault or lack
  2. (geology) fault
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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falla

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

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Chavacano

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Etymology

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Inherited from Spanish fallar (“to fail”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paˈʎa/, [paˈʎa]
  • Hyphenation: fa‧lla

Verb

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fallá

  1. to fail; to malfunction (of a motor, engine, etc.)

Conjugation

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Verb conjugation for falla
tense infinitive present future
Zamboanga City conjugation falla ya falla ta falla ay falla
Cavite conjugation di falla

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse falla, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃lH-.

Verb

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

  1. to fall

Conjugation

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Conjugation of falla (irregular)
infinitive falla
supine fallið
present past
first singular falli fall
(fell)
second singular fellur fall/falst
(fell)
third singular fellur fall
(fell)
plural falla fullu
participle (a34)1 fallandi fallin
imperative
singular fall!
plural fallið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese falla (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from a Vulgar Latin *fallia, possibly through the intermediate or influence of Old French faille or Old Occitan falha. The geological sense is a more modern one from French.

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Noun

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falla f (plural fallas)

  1. lack; shortage
    Synonym: marra
  2. flaw; fail
    Synonym: eiva
  3. (geology) a fault

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse falla, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃lH-.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to fall
    Synonym: detta
  2. (intransitive) to be killed, especially in action or in battle
    Synonym: vera drepinn
    • 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
    Synonym: streyma
  4. (intransitive) to fit closely, to shut tight, to meet
    Synonym: falla þétt að
  5. (intransitive) to like
    Synonym: líka
Conjugation
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falla – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að falla
supine sagnbót fallið
present participle
lýsingarháttur nútíðar
 fallandi
indicative
framsöguháttur
 subjunctive
viðtengingarháttur
present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
 present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
singular ég fell féll falli félli
þú fellur féllst fallir féllir
hann, hún, það fellur féll falli félli
plural við föllum féllum föllum féllum
þið fallið félluð fallið félluð
þeir, þær, þau falla féllu falli féllu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú fall (þú), fallðu
plural þið fallið (þið), falliði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
fallast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að fallast
supine sagnbót fallist
present participle
lýsingarháttur nútíðar
 fallandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
framsöguháttur
 subjunctive
viðtengingarháttur
present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
 present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
singular ég fellst féllst fallist féllist
þú fellst féllst fallist féllist
hann, hún, það fellst féllst fallist féllist
plural við föllumst féllumst föllumst féllumst
þið fallist féllust fallist féllust
þeir, þær, þau fallast féllust fallist féllust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú fallst (þú), fallstu
plural þið fallist (þið), fallisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
fallinn — 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) 		fallinn fallin fallið fallnir fallnar fallin
accusative
(þolfall) 		fallinn fallna fallið fallna fallnar fallin
dative
(þágufall) 		föllnum fallinni föllnu föllnum föllnum föllnum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		fallins fallinnar fallins fallinna fallinna fallinna
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		fallni fallna fallna föllnu föllnu föllnu
accusative
(þolfall) 		fallna föllnu fallna föllnu föllnu föllnu
dative
(þágufall) 		fallna föllnu fallna föllnu föllnu föllnu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		fallna föllnu fallna föllnu föllnu föllnu
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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falla n

  1. indefinite genitive plural of fall

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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falla m (genitive singular falla, nominative plural fallaí)

  1. Munster form of balla (“wall”)

Declension

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Declension of falla (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative falla fallaí
vocative a fhalla a fhallaí
genitive falla fallaí
dative falla fallaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an falla na fallaí
genitive an fhalla na bhfallaí
dative leis an bhfalla
don fhalla 		leis na fallaí

Mutation

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Mutated forms of falla
radical lenition eclipsis
falla fhalla bhfalla

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

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Deverbal from fallare +‎ -a.

Noun

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falla f (plural falle)

  1. a hole, especially a leak (from a wall or a ship's keel)
  2. (figurative, by extension) a reason or source of loss (of money, resources, etc.)
    tamponare le falle dell'erario
    to provisionally remedy the (financial) hemorrhaging of the treasury
  3. (military) to retreat on a front of a battle, allowing enemy penetration into one's territory
  4. a defect in a fabric, due to an error in the weaving process
    Synonyms: fallatura, fallo

Further reading

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  • falla1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English fall, with influence from the lemma above.

Noun

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falla f (plural falle) (radio engineering)

  1. drop

Further reading

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  • falla2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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falla

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

Etymology 4

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    From fa' +‎ -la.

    Verb

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    falla

    1. compound of fa', the second-person singular imperative form of fare, with la
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    1. ^ verme in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025

    Maltese

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    Root
    f-l-j
    2 terms

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    Etymology 1

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      Borrowed from Italian fallire and/or Sicilian fallari / falliri.

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      falla (imperfect jfalli, past participle mfalli or fallut, verbal noun fallar)

      1. (intransitive) to go bankrupt
      2. (transitive) to bankrupt (to force into bankruptcy)
      3. (transitive, intransitive) to be absent, to fail to attend
      4. (intransitive) to fail
        1. (by extension, intransitive, of animals) to fail to conceive
        2. (by extension, intransitive, of guns) to misfire
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      Conjugation of falla (Form II)
      positive forms
      singular plural
      1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
      perfect m fallejt fallejt falla fallejna fallejtu fallew
      f falliet
      imperfect m nfalli tfalli jfalli nfallu tfallu jfallu
      f tfalli
      imperative falli fallu
      negative forms
      singular plural
      1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
      perfect m fallejtx fallejtx falliex fallejniex fallejtux fallewx
      f fallietx
      imperfect m nfallix tfallix jfallix nfallux tfallux jfallux
      f tfallix
      imperative tfallix tfallux

      Etymology 2

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      Noun

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      falla f (plural falli)

      1. (Munxar) mistake, indiscretion
      2. (nautical) leak (crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape)
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      Norwegian Bokmål

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      Alternative forms

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      falla n

      1. definite plural of fall

      Norwegian Nynorsk

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      Etymology 1

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      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Noun

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      falla

      1. definite plural of fall

      Etymology 2

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      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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      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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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Germanic *fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃lH-. Akin to Old English feallan (whence English fall), Old Frisian falla (whence West Frisian falle), Old Saxon fallan (whence Low German fallen), Old Dutch fallan (whence Dutch vallen), Old High German fallan (whence German fallen).

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      falla (singular past indicative fell, plural past indicative fellu, past participle fallinn)

      1. to fall

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      Conjugation of falla — active (strong class 7)
      infinitive falla
      present participle fallandi
      past participle fallinn
      indicative subjunctive
      present past present past
      1st person singular fell fell falla fella
      2nd person singular fellr fellt fallir fellir
      3rd person singular fellr fell falli felli
      1st person plural fǫllum fellum fallim fellim
      2nd person plural fallið felluð fallið fellið
      3rd person plural falla fellu falli felli
      imperative present
      2nd person singular fall
      1st person plural fǫllum
      2nd person plural fallið
      Conjugation of falla — mediopassive (strong class 7)
      infinitive fallask
      present participle fallandisk
      past participle fallizk
      indicative subjunctive
      present past present past
      1st person singular fǫllumk fellumk fǫllumk fellumk
      2nd person singular felsk fellzk fallisk fellisk
      3rd person singular felsk fellsk fallisk fellisk
      1st person plural fǫllumsk fellumsk fallimsk fellimsk
      2nd person plural fallizk felluzk fallizk fellizk
      3rd person plural fallask fellusk fallisk fellisk
      imperative present
      2nd person singular falsk
      1st person plural fǫllumsk
      2nd person plural fallizk

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      • Icelandic: falla
      • Faroese: falla
      • Norwegian:
      • Elfdalian: folla
      • Old Swedish: falla
      • Old Danish: fallæ
      • Gutnish: falle

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      Etymology

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      From Old Norse falla, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃lH-.

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      falla

      1. to fall

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      Conjugation of falla (strong)
      present past
      infinitive falla —
      participle fallandi, fallande fallin
      active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
      iæk falder falli, falle — fiol fiolli, fiolle
      þū falder falli, falle fal fiolt fiolli, fiolle
      han falder falli, falle — fiol fiolli, fiolle
      vīr fallum, fallom fallum, fallom fallum, fallom fiollum, fiollom fiollum, fiollom
      īr fallin fallin fallin fiollin fiollin
      þēr falla fallin — fiollu, fiollo fiollin
      mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
      iæk — — — — —
      þū — — — — —
      han — — — — —
      vīr — — — — —
      īr — — — — —
      þēr — — — — —

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      Etymology 1

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      falla f (plural fallas)

      1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of fala

      Etymology 2

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      Verb

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      falla

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

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      falla

      1. to emigrate

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      • Syllabification: fa‧lla

      Etymology 1

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      Likely from Catalan falla, with the geological sense from French faille.

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      falla f (plural fallas)

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

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      Verb

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      falla

      1. inflection of fallar:
        1. third-person singular present indicative
        2. second-person singular imperative
      2. inflection of fallir:
        1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
        2. third-person singular imperative

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      Swedish

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      Etymology

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      From Old Swedish falla, from Old Norse falla, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂p-h₃elh₁-.

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      Verb

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      falla (present faller, preterite föll, supine fallit, imperative fall)

      1. to fall
        falla genom luften
        fall through the air
        falla till backen
        fall to the ground
        Glaset föll i golvet
        The glass fell to the floor (i (“in”) as opposed to till (“to”) puts more focus on the impact and often implies an accidental fall – can be thought of as a generalization of "fall in the water" and the like)
      2. to fall (die, especially in battle)
        Synonym: stupa

      Conjugation

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      Conjugation of falla (class 7 strong)
      active passive
      infinitive falla —
      supine fallit —
      imperative fall —
      imper. plural1 fallen —
      present past present past
      indicative faller föll — —
      ind. plural1 falla föllo — —
      subjunctive2 falle fölle — —
      present participle fallande
      past participle fallen

      1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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