fello
See also: felló
Fula
Alternative forms
- hooseere (Adamawa)
- haayre (Fouta-Toro)
- waamnde (Liptaako, Maasina)
Noun
fello (plural pelle)
- mountain
References
- Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin fellō (“criminal”), from Frankish *fellō (“evildoer”). Doublet of fellone.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɛl.lo/
- Rhymes: -ɛllo
- Hyphenation: fèl‧lo
Adjective
fello (feminine fella, masculine plural felli, feminine plural felle)
- (literary) evil, wretched
- (obsolete) angry, frowning
- (obsolete) gloomy, melancholic
Noun
fello m (plural felli)
- (literary, rare) wretch
Further reading
- fello in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- folle
Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”). Cognates include Sanskrit धयति (dhayati), Ancient Greek θηλή (thēlḗ), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (daddjan, “suckle”), and Old Church Slavonic доити (doiti). Related to fēmina, fīlius, fētus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfeːl.loː/, [ˈfeːlːʲoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfel.lo/, [ˈfɛlːo]
Verb
fēllō (present infinitive fēllāre, perfect active fēllāvī, supine fēllātum); first conjugation[1][2]
- I suck.
- (vulgar, in particular) I fellate, perform fellatio, suck off.
- 1st century AD, Martial, Epigrams, 2.50:
- Quod fellas et aquam potas, nil, Lesbia, peccas:
qua tibi parte opus est, Lesbia, sumis aquam.- Because you suck [cock] and drink water, Lesbia, you err in nothing:
in just the part you ought to be, Lesbia, you're making use of the water.
- Because you suck [cock] and drink water, Lesbia, you err in nothing:
-
Conjugation
Conjugation of fēllō (first conjugation) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | fēllō | fēllās | fēllat | fēllāmus | fēllātis | fēllant |
imperfect | fēllābam | fēllābās | fēllābat | fēllābāmus | fēllābātis | fēllābant | |
future | fēllābō | fēllābis | fēllābit | fēllābimus | fēllābitis | fēllābunt | |
perfect | fēllāvī | fēllāvistī | fēllāvit | fēllāvimus | fēllāvistis | fēllāvērunt, fēllāvēre | |
pluperfect | fēllāveram | fēllāverās | fēllāverat | fēllāverāmus | fēllāverātis | fēllāverant | |
future perfect | fēllāverō | fēllāveris | fēllāverit | fēllāverimus | fēllāveritis | fēllāverint | |
passive | present | fēllor | fēllāris, fēllāre | fēllātur | fēllāmur | fēllāminī | fēllantur |
imperfect | fēllābar | fēllābāris, fēllābāre | fēllābātur | fēllābāmur | fēllābāminī | fēllābantur | |
future | fēllābor | fēllāberis, fēllābere | fēllābitur | fēllābimur | fēllābiminī | fēllābuntur | |
perfect | fēllātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | fēllātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
future perfect | fēllātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | fēllem | fēllēs | fēllet | fēllēmus | fēllētis | fēllent |
imperfect | fēllārem | fēllārēs | fēllāret | fēllārēmus | fēllārētis | fēllārent | |
perfect | fēllāverim | fēllāverīs | fēllāverit | fēllāverīmus | fēllāverītis | fēllāverint | |
pluperfect | fēllāvissem | fēllāvissēs | fēllāvisset | fēllāvissēmus | fēllāvissētis | fēllāvissent | |
passive | present | fēller | fēllēris, fēllēre | fēllētur | fēllēmur | fēllēminī | fēllentur |
imperfect | fēllārer | fēllārēris, fēllārēre | fēllārētur | fēllārēmur | fēllārēminī | fēllārentur | |
perfect | fēllātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | fēllātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | fēllā | — | — | fēllāte | — |
future | — | fēllātō | fēllātō | — | fēllātōte | fēllantō | |
passive | present | — | fēllāre | — | — | fēllāminī | — |
future | — | fēllātor | fēllātor | — | — | fēllantor | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | fēllāre | fēllāvisse | fēllātūrum esse | fēllārī | fēllātum esse | fēllātum īrī | |
participles | fēllāns | — | fēllātūrus | — | fēllātus | fēllandus | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
fēllandī | fēllandō | fēllandum | fēllandō | fēllātum | fēllātū |
Descendants
- → English: fellate
See also
- irrumō
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Frankish *fellō (“evildoer”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfel.loː/, [ˈfɛlːʲoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfel.lo/, [ˈfɛlːo]
Noun
fellō m (genitive fellōnis); third declension[3]
- (Medieval Latin) criminal, barbarian
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | fellō | fellōnēs |
Genitive | fellōnis | fellōnum |
Dative | fellōnī | fellōnibus |
Accusative | fellōnem | fellōnēs |
Ablative | fellōne | fellōnibus |
Vocative | fellō | fellōnēs |
Descendants
- Old French: felon, felun, feloun, felloun
- Middle French: felon
- French: félon
- Norman: fflon
- Picard: fèlôn
- → Middle Dutch: fel, felle (reborrowing[4])
- → Middle English: felun, feloun
- Scots: felloun
- English: felon
- → Scots: felon, fellin
- → Galician: felón
- → Spanish: felón
- Middle French: felon
- Italian: fellone
- Old Occitan: felon
- Occitan: félon
- Catalan: felló, feylo, falló, felo, falo
- Catalan: felló m, fellona f
- Sardinian: fellone
References
- “fello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- fello in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “fel”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute