fella

English

Alternative forms

• fellah, feller

Etymology

From fellow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛ.lə/
• Rhymes: -ɛlə

Noun

fella (plural fellas)

1. Eye dialect spelling of fellow.
2. (informal, chiefly South US) used to address a male
   • 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.

   Am I right, fellas?

Derived terms

• as the fella says
• blackfella
• goodfella
• Redfella

 

Descendants

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

Translations

fella

• Bislama: man
• Esperanto: kunulo n
• Finnish: (slang) kaveri (fi), (slang) jätkä (fi), (slang) kundi (fi)
• Indonesian: bung (id)
• Pijin: man

• Portuguese: cara (pt) c, mano (pt) m
• Spanish: (slang) tío (es), muchacho (es)
• Tok Pisin: man

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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

v-8
infinitive	fella
present participle	fellandi
past participle a7	feldur
supine	felt
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
indicative	eg	tú	hann/hon/tað	vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present	felli	fellir	fellir	fella
past	feldi	feldi	feldi	feldu
imperative	–	tú	–	tit
present	—	fella!	—	fellið!

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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)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to fell, to shed
2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to kill in battle
3. (transitive, governs the accusative) to fit together
4. (transitive, governs the accusative) to pleat

Conjugation

fella — active voice (germynd)

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

 

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfeːl.laː/, [ˈfeːl.lʲaː]

Verb

fēllā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of fēllō

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• fellen

Noun

fella m or f

1. definite feminine singular of felle

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fella. Akin to English fell.

Alternative forms

• felle

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)

Etymology 2

Noun

fella f

1. singular definite of felle

References

• “fella” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.