Contionary:fall: Difference between revisions

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From Middle Skundavisk fall, from Old Skundavisk falla, from Halmisk ᚠᚨᛚᛚᚨ (falla), ᚠᚨᛚᛚᚨᛉ (fallaŕ), from Proto-Germanic *fallaz.

fall m. (class 1, genitive falls, plural falls)

case (actual event, situation, grammatical inflection of a word, legal proceeding)
Ik wit neet, hwat in ðis besundere fall te doon.
I don't know what to do in this particular case.
fall, drop, decline

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-{{nm-header|fall}}
-{{nm-pgmc|fallaz}}All senses translating as “case” are calques of Latin ''[[wikt:casus#Latin|casus]]''.
-{{nm-noun-mh-2|fàll|fä̀ll|fall, drop (the act of falling or an instance thereof)
-# fall, capture (the act of being seized by enemy forces)
-# fall; the loss of one's innocence, honour, reputation, fortune, etc.
-# case (actual event, situation, or fact)
-# case (instance or event as a topic of study)
-# case (piece of work, e.g. a criminal case)
-# case (legal proceeding)
-# (''medicine'') case (instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms)
-# (''grammar'') case (type of inflection of a nominal)
-}}
-===Derived terms===
-* ''{{term|lochfall#Nimish|lóchfall}}'' "autumn"
 ==Skundavisk==
 ===Etymology===
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 # case (actual event, situation, grammatical inflection of a word, legal proceeding)
-#:''Ik wit neet, hwat in this besundere '''fall''' te doon.''
+#: ''Ik wit neet, hwat in ðis besundere '''fall''' te doon.''
 #:: ''I don't know what to do in this particular '''case'''.''
 # fall, drop, decline