alfali

Esperanto

Etymology

From al- + fali.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [alˈfali]
  • Rhymes: -ali
  • Hyphenation: al‧fa‧li

Verb

alfali (present alfalas, past alfalis, future alfalos, conditional alfalus, volitive alfalu)

  1. (transitive) to fall on (something)
    Sur la kalma supro de la lago alfalanta lunlumo fantome brilis.
    The moonlight falling on the calm surface of the lake created a ghostly glow.
    • Sergio Pokrovskij (translator), La Majstro kaj Margarita (The Master and Margarita) by Mikhail Bulgakov, Part 2, Epilogue,
      Alfalinte sur la beston kaj deŝirante de sia kolo la kravaton por ĝin ligi, la civitano murmuris venene kaj minace:
      Pouncing upon the tom and pulling off his tie to bind the animal, the citizen muttered venomously and threateningly: (Mirra Ginsburg translation, Grove, 1995)

Conjugation

  • alfalo (incidence (physics))
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