The word downfalls is a noun. It is the plural noun of downfall.
What are the downfalls of solar energy?
Please clarify what you mean by downfalls.
The part of speech for this particular word is a noun.
part of speech
The part of speech for "answer" is a noun.
what part of speech is beneath
adverb
The part of speech for "explicit" is an adjective.
The part of speech for "lecturer" is a noun.
The part of speech for "rapid" is an adjective.
The part of speech of "came" is a verb.
The part of speech for "breezy" is an adjective.