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fail

[faːˈil]

noun

LanguageTurkish (Turkey)

Meaning
  1. subject
  2. agent, doer
  3. actor, perpetrator
  4. The person who performs an action, especially used in grammar to describe the subject of a verb or in legal contexts for a perpetrator.
Examples

Olayın faili kısa sürede bulundu.

The perpetrator of the incident was found in a short time.

Pronunciationfaːˈil

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteOften used in formal or legal contexts to refer to a wrongdoer.

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Source: adapted from English Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors) via kaikki.org (Wiktextract), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.