fella

See also: Fella

English

Alternative forms

• fellah, feller

Etymology

From fellow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛ.lə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛlə

Noun

fella (plural fellas)

1. Pronunciation spelling of fellow.

   Am I right, fellas?

   • 1997, Donald Meichenbaum, “Discussion”, in Jeffrey K. Zeig, editor, The Evolution of Psychotherapy: The Third Conference, page 90:

     By the third go-around, the essence of what I wrote was, "And the same to you, fella!" I am glad that our relationship has survived that exchange.

2. (Australian Aboriginal) Used as a general intensifier; a pfella.
   • 1990, Jimmy Chi, “Bran Nue Dae”, in Anita Heiss, Peter Minter, editors, Anthology of Australian Aboriginal Literature, Montreal, Que., Kingston, Ont.: McGill–Queen’s University Press, published 2008, act II, page 137:

     This fella song all about the Aboriginal people, coloured people, black people longa Australia. Us people want our land back, we want 'em rights, we want 'em fair deal, all same longa white man. Now this fella longa Canberra, he bin talkin' about a Bran Nue Dae—us people bin waiting for dijwun for 200 years now.

3. (Internet slang) An Internet troll engaged in information warfare against Russia, especially in regards to the Russo-Ukrainian war.

Derived terms

• as the fella said
• as the fella says
• blackfella
• Cinderfella
• dat fella
• goodfella
• NAFO
• ould fella
• oul fella
• oul' fella
• Redfella
• whitefella

Descendants

• Bislama: -fala, -pela
• Pijin: -fala
• Tok Pisin: -pela, -pla

Translations

used as a term of address for a male person

• Bislama: man
• Czech: felák m, chábr m, týpek m
• Esperanto: kunulo n
• Finnish: (slang) kaveri (fi), (slang) jätkä (fi), (slang) kundi (fi)
• Hebrew: ברנש (slang) m (baʁˈnaʃ), בחור (he) m (baˈχuʁ)
• Indonesian: bung (id)
• Ottoman Turkish: حریف (herif)
• Pijin: man
• Portuguese: cara (pt) c, mano (pt) m
• Russian: мужи́к (ru) m (mužík), чува́к (ru) m (čuvák), чел (ru) m (čel) (slang)
• Spanish: (slang) tío (es), muchacho (es)
• Tok Pisin: man

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fella, from Proto-Germanic *fallijaną. Causative of falla (“to fall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛdla/

Verb

fella (third person singular past indicative feldi, third person plural past indicative feldu, supine felt)

1. to fell
2. to snare

Conjugation

Conjugation of fella (group v-8)

infinitive	fella
supine	felt
	present	past
first singular	felli	feldi
second singular	fellir	feldi
third singular	fellir	feldi
plural	fella	feldu
participle (a7)1	fellandi	feldur
	imperative
singular	fella!
plural	fellið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fella, from Proto-Germanic *fallijaną. Causative of falla (“to fall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛtla/
• Rhymes: -ɛtla

Verb

fella (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative felldi, supine fellt) [with accusative]

1. to fell, to shed
2. to kill in battle
3. to fit together
4. to pleat
5. (bowling) to hit (pins)

Conjugation

fella – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að fella
supine sagnbót		fellt
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		fellandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	felli	felldi		felli	felldi
	þú	fellir	felldir		fellir	felldir
	hann, hún, það	fellir	felldi		felli	felldi
plural	við	fellum	felldum		fellum	felldum
	þið	fellið	fellduð		fellið	fellduð
	þeir, þær, þau	fella	felldu		felli	felldu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	fell (þú), felldu
plural	þið	fellið (þið), felliði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

felldur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	felldur	felld	fellt	felldir	felldar	felld
accusative (þolfall)	felldan	fellda	fellt	fellda	felldar	felld
dative (þágufall)	felldum	felldri	felldu	felldum	felldum	felldum
genitive (eignarfall)	fellds	felldrar	fellds	felldra	felldra	felldra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	felldi	fellda	fellda	felldu	felldu	felldu
accusative (þolfall)	fellda	felldu	fellda	felldu	felldu	felldu
dative (þágufall)	fellda	felldu	fellda	felldu	felldu	felldu
genitive (eignarfall)	fellda	felldu	fellda	felldu	felldu	felldu

Derived terms

• fella af (“to cast off”)
• fella hugi saman (“to fall in love”)
• fella niður (“to cancel; to delete”)
• fella niður lykkju (“to drop a stitch”)
• fella niður mál (“to dismiss a matter”)
• fella sig ekki við (“to rather dislike something”)
• fella tár
• fella úr (“to drop something, to cut something”)
• felldur
• vera ekki við eina fjölina felldur

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfeːl.laː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfɛl.la]

Verb

fēllā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of fēllō

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• fellen

Noun

fella m or f

1. definite feminine singular of felle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• felle

Etymology

From Old Norse fella. Akin to English fell.

Verb

fella (present tense feller, past tense felte, past participle felt, present participle fellande, imperative fell)

1. to fell, bring down (make something fall, e.g. an animal, a tree, an opponent in battle)
2. to shed (e.g. a person shedding tears, a tree shedding leaves)

Noun

fella f (definite singular fella, indefinite plural feller or fellor, definite plural fellene or fellone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of felle
2. definite singular of felle

References

• “fella” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.