fal

Pronunciation: /ˈfal/

“fal” is an Albanian word. Its 11 meanings in English:

verb

to forgive, pardon
to remit, grant amnesty
to free (a prisoner)
to relieve (from a debt)
to give (as a present), offer, bestow
to lend
to worship (a god); to celebrate (a ceremony, festivity, etc.)
to greet, salute
to turn off
to bend over
to set (of the sun)

Etymology

Uncertain. Proposals include: * Inherited from Proto-Indo-European, akin to Ancient Greek σφάλλω (sphállō, “to overthrow”). This appears phonetically incompatible with the current reconstruction of the Greek term's ancestor as Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷʰh₂el- (“to stumble”). * Borrowed from South Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *xvaliti (“to praise”), compare Macedonian фали (fali), Serbo-Croatian…

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