Infinitive
falĉi
Forms
Tenses
| Present | falĉas |
| Past | falĉis |
| Future | falĉos |
| Conditional | falĉus |
| Imperative | falĉu! |
Participles
| Active past | falĉinta |
| Active present | falĉanta |
| Active future | falĉonta |
| Passive past | falĉita |
| Passive present | falĉta |
| Passive future | falĉota |
Etymology
From Italian falciare, ultimately from Latin falx (“sickle, scythe”). Compare French faucher, fauciller. See: Italian '
falciare', French '
faucher, fauciller'.
Sample Sentences
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Sur la plej altaj punktoj de la lando oni finis la rikolton de iu speco de kotono, duan fojon oni falĉis la trifolion kaj komencis deŝiri la fruktojn de l' tamarindaj kaj olivaj arboj. (In the highest places of the land, the harvest of some type of cotton was finished, a second time the clover was reaped and the picking of the fruits of the tamarind and olive trees was started.) [1907, Kabe, chapter 12, in La Faraono, part 1, Hachette, translation of Faraon by Bolesław Prus:]
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