felis

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See also: Felis, Félis, and felís

Ladino

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish feliz, felix (“lucky”). Doublet of feliche.

Adjective

felis (Hebrew spelling פ׳יליס)[1]

  1. happy (merry)
    Synonyms: afortunado, alegre, feliche, kontente
    Antonym: triste
    • 2008, Matilda Gini Barnatán, Viviana Rajel Barnatán, Darío Meta Barnatán, La ija i la madre komo la unya i la karne‎, Ibersaf Editores, →ISBN, page 69:
      Agora soltanto
      So reflekto de Tu Brilyo
      Yo no me demando
      Sospiro
      Mirando en lo Alto
      So felis
      Dunke bivo…
      Now letting go, I am image of your radiance, I wonder not; I sigh, looking above, I am happy, therefore I live…
  2. lucky (fortunate)
    Synonyms: afortunado, mazalozo, mazaludo
    Antonym: desfortunado

References

  1. ^ “felis”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

fēlis f

  1. genitive singular of fēlēs

Noun

fēlis f (genitive fēlis); third declension

  1. Alternative form of fēlēs

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

singular plural
nominative fēlis fēlēs
genitive fēlis fēlium
dative fēlī fēlibus
accusative fēlem fēlēs
fēlīs
ablative fēle fēlibus
vocative fēlis fēlēs

References

  • “felis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • felis 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)
  • felis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “felis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Old High German

Etymology

Akin to Old Norse fell, fjall.

Pronunciation

Noun

felis m

  1. cliff
  2. rock

Descendants

  • German: Fels
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