fail

Meaning

  1. (archaic, subjective) subject
  2. (archaic) agent, doer
  3. actor, perpetrator

Frequency

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/faːˈil/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فاعل (fā'il), from Arabic فَاعِل (fāʕil), active participle of فَعَلَ (faʕala, “to do, to affect”).

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