falir
Icelandic
Noun
falir
- indefinite nominative plural of falur
Old French
Alternative forms
- faillir, falleir, faloir
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin fallīre, from Latin fallere, present active infinitive of fallō.
Verb
falir
- to fail
- to err; to make a mistake
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of falir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | falir | avoir fali, failli | |||||
| gerund | en falant, faillant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | falant, faillant | ||||||
| past participle | fali, failli | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | fail | faus | faut | falons, faillons | falez, failliez | falent, faillent |
| imperfect | faloie, faleie, failloie, failleie | faloies, faleies, failloies, failleies | faloit, faleit, failloit, failleit | faliiens, faliens, failliiens, failliens | faliiez, faliez, failliiez, failliez | faloient, faleient, failloient, failleient | |
| preterite | fali, failli | falis, faillis | fali, failli | falimes, faillimes | falistes, faillistes | falirent, faillirent | |
| future | faudrai | faudras | faudra | faudrons | faudroiz, faudreiz, faudrez | faudront | |
| conditional | faudroie, faudreie | faudroies, faudreies | faudroit, faudreit | faudriiens, faudriens | faudriiez, faudriez | faudroient, faudreient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | faille | failles | faille | failliens, faillons | failliez | faillent |
| imperfect | faillise | faillises | faillit | faillisons, faillisiens | faillisoiz, faillisez, faillisiez | faillisent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | fail | — | falons, faillons | falez, failliez | — | ||
Descendants
- Middle French: faillir (via faillir)
- French: faillir
- → German: fallieren
- → Swedish: fallera
- French: faillir
- Middle French: [Term?] (via faloir)
- French: falloir
- → Middle Dutch: falen
- Dutch: falen
- → Middle English: failen
- English: fail
- Scots: fail
- → Middle High German: vælen, vēlen
- Alemannic German: fääle, fäälä, fèèle
- Cimbrian: béelan
- German: fehlen
- → Middle Low German: feilen
- → Danish: fejle
- → Dutch: feilen
- → Icelandic: feila
- → Norwegian: feile
- → Swedish: fela
Portuguese
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin fallīre, from Latin fallere, present active infinitive of fallō.
Verb
falir (past participle falido)
- to go bankrupt
Conjugation
Conjugation of the Portuguese -ir verb falir
Notes:[edit]
| ||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | falir | |||||
| Personal | falir | falires | falir | falirmos | falirdes | falirem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| falindo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | falido | falidos | ||||
| Feminine | falida | falidas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | - | - | - | falimos | falis | - |
| Imperfect | falia | falias | falia | falíamos | falíeis | faliam |
| Preterite | fali | faliste | faliu | falimos | falistes | faliram |
| Pluperfect | falira | faliras | falira | falíramos | falíreis | faliram |
| Future | falirei | falirás | falirá | faliremos | falireis | falirão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| faliria | falirias | faliria | faliríamos | faliríeis | faliriam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Imperfect | falisse | falisses | falisse | falíssemos | falísseis | falissem |
| Future | falir | falires | falir | falirmos | falirdes | falirem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | - | - | - | - | fali | - |
| Negative (não) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Related terms
- falência
- falimentar