fald

Borrowed from Middle High German valde.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈfalt]

fald m inan (diminutive faldík)

1. (colloquial) fold, pleat, crease, ruck, pucker

   Synonym: záhyb

2. (derogatory) flab

• “fald”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “fald”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “fald”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
• “fald” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012-, slovnikcestiny.cz

• IPA^(key): /falˀ/, [ˈfalˀ]

From Old Norse fall, from Proto-Germanic *fallaz, cognate with English fall, German Fall. Derived from the verb *fallaną (“to fall”). The sense "case" is a calque of Latin cāsus.

fald n (singular definite faldet, plural indefinite fald)

1. fall (tumble, drop, a downward motion)
2. decrease, decline
3. (grammar, rare outside of compounds) case (grammatical form that defines the function of a noun phrase in a sentence)
4. (in fixed phrases) event, case

   in fixed phrases: i alt fald (“in any case”), ifald (“in case, if”), i bedste fald (“at best”), i givet fald (“if so”), i hvert fald (“in any case”), i modsat fald (“otherwise”), i så fald (“in that case”), i værste fald (“at worst”).

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fald

1. imperative of falde

• faljad

fal +‎ -d (personal suffix)

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɒld]
• Hyphenation: fald
• Rhymes: -ɒld

fald

1. second-person singular subjunctive present definite of fal

fald m (definite singular falden, indefinite plural falder, definite plural faldene)

1. (sewing) hem

• oppbrett

fald m

1. Alternative form of falod

Borrowed from Ukrainian фалд (fald).

fald m (plural falduri)

1. crease, fold

From Middle High German velt, from Old High German feld.

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fald n (plural faldyn)

1. field