faal

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

faal (comparative more faal, superlative most faal)

  1. (Yorkshire) Ugly; foul; evil.
    • 1897, Charlotte Brontë, chapter 38, in Jane Eyre:
      'And again, “If she ben’t one o’ th’ handsomest, she’s noan faâl and varry good-natured; and i’ his een she’s fair beautiful, onybody may see that.”

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Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

faal c (plural falen, diminutive faaltje n)

  1. failure, mistake, blunder
    • 2010, retorbrapi, Nieuwe OS X (faal)
      Al met al een grote faal dus. Nu hebben ze wel gezegd in de loop van het jaar nog nieuwe features aan te kondigen, dus het is voor een deel nog even afwachten.
      All in all a big failure. They did say new features would be announced later on in the year, though, so partially we still have to wait for a while.

Derived terms

Interjection

faal

  1. fail

Verb

faal

  1. inflection of falen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfaal]
  • Hyphenation: fa‧al

Etymology 1

From Arabic فَعْل (faʕl, work, function).

Noun

faal (first-person possessive faalku, second-person possessive faalmu, third-person possessive faalnya)

  1. work, deed.
    Synonyms: perbuatan, kerja
  2. (medicine) physiology: the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.
    Synonym: fisiologi
  3. (biology) function: the physiological activity of an organ or body part.
    Synonym: fungsi
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Arabic فَأْل (faʔl, omen).

Noun

faal (first-person possessive faalku, second-person possessive faalmu, third-person possessive faalnya)

  1. omen.
    Synonym: tanda

Further reading

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian falla, which derives from Proto-Germanic *fallaną. Cognates include West Frisian falle.

Verb

faal

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) to fall

Conjugation

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فعال (faʿʿâl), from Arabic فَعَّال (faʕʕāl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɑːl/

Adjective

faal

  1. (dated) active
    Synonym: aktif

Declension

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