fule

See also: füle

English

Noun

fule (plural fules)

1. (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) fool
   • 1888, H. Rider Haggard, Colonel Quaritch, V.C.‎^[1]:

     That army gent, Major Boston, as is agent for all the College lands down the valley, he be a poor weak fule, and when all these tinants come to him and say that they must either hev the land at five shillings an acre or go, he gits scared, he du, and down goes the rent of some of the best meadow land in the country from thirty-five shillings to five.

   • 1914, Zane Grey, The Light of Western Stars‎^[2]:

     "Why, you dog-goned old fule, you cain't hit thet bawl."

Adjective

fule

1. (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) fool
   • 1818, Sir Walter Scott, The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2‎^[3]:

     "What's the fule thing shaking for?" said he; "I mean nothing but civility to you.

See also

• any fule kno

Anagrams

• flue, fuel

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈle/ [fʊˈlɛ]
• Hyphenation: fu‧le

Verb

fulé (causative fulusé)

1. (transitive) surpass
   • Saytun Qhuraan kee kay maqnah tarjamaty Qafar afal tani [The clear Qur'an and its explanation translated into the Afar language]‎^[4], Suurat Al-Faatica, verse 1:

     Fulte Racmattaay, Gunê Racmattale Yallih Migaaqal Qimbisa.

     I begin in the name of God, who gives mercy and surpasses mercy.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fule (type II verb)
		1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular		1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
				m	f
perfective	V-affirmative	fuléh	fultéh	fuléh	fultéh	fulléh	fulteeníh	fuleeníh
	N-affirmative	fulé	fulté	fulé	fulté	fullé	fultén	fulén
	negative	máfulinniyo	máfulinnito	máfulinna	máfulinna	máfulinnino	máfulinniton	máfulinnon
imperfective	V-affirmative	fuláh	fultáh	fuláh	fultáh	fulláh	fultaanáh	fulaanáh
	N-affirmative	fulá	fultá	fulá	fultá	fullá	fultán	fulán
	negative	máfula	máfulta	máfula	máfulta	máfulla	máfultan	máfulan
prospective	V-affirmative	fuléliyoh fuléyyoh	fulélitoh fuléttoh	fuléleh	fuléleh	fulélinoh fulénnoh	fulélitoonuh fuléttoonuh	fuléloonuh
	N-affirmative	fuléliyo fuléyyo	fulélito fulétto	fuléle	fuléle	fulélino fulénno	fuléliton fulétton	fulélon
conjunctive I	V-affirmative	fúluh	fúltuh	fúluh	fúltuh	fúluh	fultóonuh	fulóonuh
	N-affirmative	fúlu	fúltu	fúlu	fúltu	fúlu	fultón	fulón
	negative	fulé wáyuh	fulé wáytuh	fulé wáyuh	fulé wáytuh	fulé wáynuh	fulé waytóonuh	fulé wóonuh
conjunctive II	V-affirmative	fulánkeh	fultánkeh	fulánkeh	fultánkeh	fullánkeh	fultaanánkeh	fulaanánkeh
	N-affirmative	fulánke	fultánke	fulánke	fultánke	fullánke	fultaanánke	fulaanánke
	negative	fulé wáankeh	fulé waytánkeh	fulé wáankeh	fulé waytánkeh	fulé waynánkeh	fulé waytaanánkeh	fulé wáankeh
jussive	affirmative	fúlay	fúltay	fúlay	fúltay	fúlay	fultóonay	fulóonay
	negative	fulé wáay	fulé wáytay	fulé wáay	fulé wáytay	fulé wáynay	fulé waytóonay	fulé wóonay
past conditional	affirmative	fulinniyóy	fulinnitóy	fulinnáy	fulinnáy	fulinninóy	fulinnitoonúy	fulinnoonúy
	negative	fulé wanniyóy	fulé wannitóy	fulé wannáy	fulé wannáy	fulé wanninóy	fulé wannitoonúy	fulé wanninoonúy
present conditional I	affirmative	fulék	fulték	fulék	fulték	fullék	fulteeník	fuleeník
	negative	fulé wéek	fulé wayték	fulé wéek	fulé wayték	fulé waynék	fulé wayteeník	fulé weeník
		singular	plural			singular	plural
consultative	affirmative	fulóo	fullóo	imperative	affirmative	fúl	fúla
	negative	mafulóo	mafullóo		negative	máfulin	máfulina
-h converb	-i form	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	-innuk converb	infinitive	indefinite participle
						V-focus	N-focus
fúlah	fúli	fúlak	fulínnuh	fulínnuk	fulíyya	fulináanih	fulináan
Compound tenses past perfect affirmative perfective + perfective of én or sugé present perfect affirmative perfective + imperfective of én future perfect affirmative perfective + prospective of sugé past progressive -k converb + imperfective of én or sugé present progressive affirmative imperfect + imperfective of én future progressive -k converb + prospective of sugé immediate future affirmative conjunctive I + imperfective of wée imperfect potential I affirmative conjunctive I + imperfective of takké imperfect potential II affirmative imperfective + -m + takké negative fulé + imperfective of wée + -m + takké perfect potential affirmative perfective + -m + takké negative fulé + perfective of wée + -m + takké present conditional II affirmative imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék negative fulé + perfective of wée + object pronoun + tekkék perfect conditional affirmative perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k negative perfective + sugé + imperfective of wée -k irrealis fulé + perfective of xaaxé or raaré

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “fule”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Danish

Adjective

fule

1. definite of ful
2. plural of ful

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

fule

1. Alternative form of fole (“fool”)

Etymology 2

Noun

fule

1. Alternative form of foyle

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

fule

1. definite singular/plural of ful

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

fule

1. definite singular/plural of ful

Swedish

Adjective

fule

1. definite natural masculine singular of ful

Volapük

Noun

fule

1. dative singular of ful