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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  • 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. first-person singular present indicative of falen
  2. imperative of falen

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
Conjugation of faal
infinitive I faal
infinitive II tu faalen
past participle feelen
imperative singular faal
imperative plural faal'em
  present past
1st-person singular ik faal ik fool
2nd-person singular dü fäälst dü foolst
3rd-person singular hi/hat/at fäält hi/hat/at fool
1st-person dual wat faal wat fool
2nd-person dual jat faal jat fool
1st-person plural wi faal wi fool
2nd-person plural jam faal jam fool
3rd-person plural jo faal jo fool
  perfect pluperfect
1st-person singular ik san feelen ik wiar feelen
2nd-person singular dü beest feelen dü wiarst feelen
3rd-person singular hi/hat/at as feelen hi/hat/at wiar feelen
1st-person dual wat san feelen wat wiar feelen
2nd-person dual jat san feelen jat wiar feelen
1st-person plural wi san feelen wi wiar feelen
2nd-person plural jam san feelen jam wiar feelen
3rd-person plural jo san feelen jo wiar feelen
  future (skel) future (wel)
1st-person singular ik skal faal ik wal faal
2nd-person singular dü skääl faal dü wääl faal
3rd-person singular hi/hat/at skal faal hi/hat/at wal faal
1st-person dual wat skel faal wat wel faal
2nd-person dual jat skel faal jat wel faal
1st-person plural wi skel faal wi wel faal
2nd-person plural jam skel faal jam wel faal
3rd-person plural jo skel faal jo wel faal
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