"fall" meaning in Icelandic

See fall in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fatl/
Rhymes: -atl Etymology: From Old Norse fall, from falla (“to fall”). The grammatical sense is a calque of Latin casus. Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|fall}} Old Norse fall Head templates: {{is-noun|@@}} fall n (genitive singular falls, nominative plural föll) Inflection templates: {{is-ndecl|n}} Forms: falls [genitive, singular], föll [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], fall [indefinite, nominative, singular], fallið [definite, nominative, singular], föll [indefinite, nominative, plural], föllin [definite, nominative, plural], fall [accusative, indefinite, singular], fallið [accusative, definite, singular], föll [accusative, indefinite, plural], föllin [accusative, definite, plural], falli [dative, indefinite, singular], fallinu [dative, definite, singular], föllum [dative, indefinite, plural], föllunum [dative, definite, plural], falls [genitive, indefinite, singular], fallsins [definite, genitive, singular], falla [genitive, indefinite, plural], fallanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. fall, drop Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-fall-is-noun-YCNXtU4u
  2. (grammar) case Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-fall-is-noun-u~zUFgoe Categories (other): Grammar Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  3. (computing, programming) function; (subprogram, usually with formal parameters, returning a data value when called) Tags: neuter Synonyms: fallstefja
    Sense id: en-fall-is-noun-fAvOFa8Q Categories (other): Computing, Programming, Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 1 26 69 3 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  4. indefinite accusative singular of fall Tags: accusative, form-of, indefinite, neuter, singular Form of: fall
    Sense id: en-fall-is-noun--uwz~UJC Categories (other): Forms linking to themselves
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: falla [verb]

Inflected forms

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      "word": "áhrifsfall"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "blóðfall"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bylgjufall"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "deildarfall"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "eignarfall"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fjarverufall"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "íferðarfall"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "íverufall"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "nefnifall"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "nærverufall"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "samvistarfall"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "staðarfall"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sviftifall"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tilgangsfall"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tvinnfall"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tækisfall"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "úrferðarfall"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "verufall"
    },
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      "word": "þágufall"
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      "word": "staðarfall"
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