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feil
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Azerbaijani
Alternative forms
- feʼl (superseded)
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
feil (definite accusative feili, plural feillər)
- (grammar) verb
- təsirli və təsirsiz feillər ― transitive and intransitive verbs
- feilin şəxsə görə dəyişməsi ― verb conjugation for person
- feilin məsdəri ― the infinitive form of the verb
- feil forması ― grammatical mood
- təfəkkür feilləri ― verbs of cognition
- hərəkət feilləri ― verbs of motion
- nitq feilləri ― verbs of speech
Declension
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Dutch
Alternative forms
- feyl (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French faille, from Old French faille, from Vulgar Latin *fallita, from Latin fallo (“I disappoint”).
Pronunciation
Noun
feil f (plural feilen, diminutive feiltje n)
Derived terms
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German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle High German veile, from Old High German feili (“for sale”), from Proto-West Germanic *failī. Possibly merged with a descendant of Proto-Germanic *falaz, but this is uncertain. Old High German fali is only attested once in a text that uses ai for ei, thus quite plausibly a mere scribal error (regarding also that short a should be umlauted to e).
Cognate with Dutch veil. From *falaz stems Old Norse falr (whence Norwegian Nynorsk fal, Swedish fal). The latter is related with Old Church Slavonic плѣнъ (plěnŭ, “booty”), Ancient Greek πωλέω (pōléō, “sell”).
Adjective
feil (strong nominative masculine singular feiler, not comparable)
- (literary, derogatory) venal, capable of being bribed or prostituted
- Synonyms: käuflich, bestechlich
- feile Knechte ― venal minions
- feile Dirnen ― venal harlots
- (literary, dated) for sale, vendible, purchasable (now at most predicatively with sein, stehen, and in the compounds below)
- Synonyms: käuflich, verkäuflich, zu (ver)kaufen
Declension
Positive forms of feil (uncomparable)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
feil
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