fall in Faroese

IPA: /fatl/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Old Norse fall, from falla (“to fall”). The grammatical sense is a calque of Latin casus. Etymology templates: {{der|fo|non|fall}} Old Norse fall Head templates: {{head|fo|noun|g=n|head=}} fall n, {{fo-noun|n|fals|føll}} fall n (genitive singular fals, plural føll) Inflection templates: {{fo-decl-noun-n10|f|l}}, {{fo-decl-noun|fall|fallið|føll|føllini|fall|fallið|føll|føllini|falli|fallinum|føllum|føllunum|fals|falsins|falla|fallanna|decl=n10}} Forms: fals [genitive, singular], føll [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], fall [indefinite, nominative, singular], fallið [definite, nominative, singular], føll [indefinite, nominative, plural], føllini [definite, nominative, plural], fall [accusative, indefinite, singular], fallið [accusative, definite, singular], føll [accusative, indefinite, plural], føllini [accusative, definite, plural], falli [dative, indefinite, singular], fallinum [dative, definite, singular], føllum [dative, indefinite, plural], føllunum [dative, definite, plural], fals [genitive, indefinite, singular], falsins [definite, genitive, singular], falla [genitive, indefinite, plural], fallanna [definite, genitive, plural]

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    }
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}

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        "plural"
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"fall" meaning in Faroese

Noun