fola
See also: føla
Asturian edit
Alternative forms edit
- ḥola (Eastern Asturias)
Noun edit
fola f (plural foles)
- wave
- choppy seas; choppiness
Icelandic edit
Noun edit
fola
- inflection of foli:
Ido edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English fool, foolish, French fou, Italian folle.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
fola
Derived terms edit
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
fola f (genitive singular fola, nominative plural folta)
- Alternative form of fala (“grudge, spite, resentment, feud”)
Declension edit
Declension of fola
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
fola f
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fola | fhola | bhfola |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fola”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “fola” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “fola” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Latin fābula (“narration”). Doublet of favola and fiaba.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fola f (plural fole)
- (literary) fairy tale
- (by extension, usually in the plural) fib
Further reading edit
- fola1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- fola2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams edit
Middle Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Apparently a specialized form of Old Irish folud (“goods and services owed in virtue of a contract”).[1]
Noun edit
fola f
Descendants edit
- Irish: fala
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
fola
Mutation edit
Middle Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
fola | ḟola | fola pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 fola, fala”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *fulô.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fola m
Declension edit
Declension of fola (weak)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- John R. Clark Hall (1916) “fola”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
Old Norse edit
Noun edit
fola
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fola
- Soft mutation of bola.
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
bola | fola | mola | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |