fola

See also: føla

Albanian

Verb

fola

  1. first-person singular aorist of flas

Asturian

Alternative forms

  • ḥola (Eastern Asturias)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfola/ [ˈfo.la]
  • Rhymes: -ola
  • Syllabification: fo‧la

Noun

fola f (plural foles)

  1. wave
  2. choppy seas; choppiness

Icelandic

Noun

fola

  1. inflection of foli:
    1. indefinite accusative/dative/genitive singular
    2. indefinite accusative/genitive plural

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English fool, foolish, French fou, Italian folle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfola/

Adjective

fola

  1. crazy, mad, foolish

Derived terms

  • foleso

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfˠɔlˠə/

Etymology 1

Noun

fola f (genitive singular fola, nominative plural folta)

  1. alternative form of fala (“grudge, spite, resentment, feud”)
Declension
Declension of fola (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fola folta
vocative a fhola a fholta
genitive fola folta
dative fola folta
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fhola na folta
genitive na fola na bhfolta
dative leis an bhfola
don fhola 		leis na folta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fola f

  1. inflection of fuil (“blood”):
    1. genitive singular
    2. all cases plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of fola
radical lenition eclipsis
fola fhola bhfola

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Latin fābula (“narration”). Doublet of favola and fiaba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.la/
  • Rhymes: -ɔla
  • Hyphenation: fò‧la

Noun

fola f (plural fole)

  1. (literary) fairy tale
  2. (by extension, usually in the plural) fib
    Synonyms: balla, frottola, panzana, fandonia, fanfaluca
    inventare fole ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Further reading

  • 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

Middle Irish

Etymology 1

Apparently a specialized form of Old Irish folud (“goods and services owed in virtue of a contract”), from Proto-Celtic *uɸolautom (“wealth, riches, property”).[1]

Noun

fola f

  1. grudge
Descendants
  • Irish: fala

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fola

  1. genitive singular of fuil

Mutation

Mutation of fola
radical lenition nasalization
fola ḟola fola
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 fola, fala”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *folō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfo.lɑ/

Noun

fola m

  1. foal, colt
  2. elephant calf
  3. camel calf

Declension

Weak:

singular plural
nominative fola folan
accusative folan folan
genitive folan folena
dative folan folum

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Old Norse

Noun

fola

  1. inflection of foli:
    1. accusative singular/plural
    2. dative/genitive singular
    3. genitive plural

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɔla/

Noun

fola

  1. soft mutation of bola

Mutation

Mutated forms of bola
radical soft nasal aspirate
bola fola mola unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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