fello

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See also: felló

Fula

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Serer ɓil (“mountain”).

Noun

fello ngo (plural pelle ɗe)

  1. (Pular) mountain

Synonyms

References

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin fellō (“criminal”). Doublet of fellone.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fello (feminine fella, masculine plural felli, feminine plural felle)

  1. (literary) evil, wretched
  2. (obsolete) angry, frowning
  3. (obsolete) gloomy, melancholic

Noun

fello m (plural felli)

  1. (literary, rare) wretch

Further reading

  • fello in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Italic *fēlājō, from earlier Proto-Italic *θēlājō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(i)-l-éh₂-ye-ti, 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

    Verb

    fēllō (present infinitive fēllāre, perfect active fēllāvī, supine fēllātum); first conjugation[1][2]

    1. to suck, to suckle
    2. (vulgar) to fellate
      • 1st century CE, Martial, Epigrams, section 2.50:
        Quod fellas et aquam potas, nil, Lesbia, peccas:
        qua tibi parte opus est, Lesbia, sumis aquam.
        Because you suck and drink water, Lesbia, you err in nothing:
        in just the part you ought to be, Lesbia, you're making use of the water.
    Conjugation
       Conjugation of fēllō (first conjugation)
    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

    Etymology 2

    Uncertain; one common hypothesis is a borrowing from Frankish *falljō.[3]

    A derivation from fel (“bile”) has also been suggested (said by the Oxford English Dictionary to be “the most probable”).[4]

    A third hypothesis is a derivation as an obscene term of abuse from the verb in 'Etymology 1'.[5]

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    fellō m (genitive fellōnis); third declension[6]

    2. (Medieval Latin) criminal, barbarian
    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative fellō fellōnēs
    genitive fellōnis fellōnum
    dative fellōnī fellōnibus
    accusative fellōnem fellōnēs
    ablative fellōne fellōnibus
    vocative fellō fellōnēs
    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ “fello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    2. ^ fello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    3. ^ “félon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
    4. ^ “felon, adj. and n.1”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2023
    5. ^ Hall, Robert A. “Scabrous Etymology: English Felon and Italian Infinocchiare.” American Speech 55, no. 3 (1980): 231–34. https://doi.org/10.2307/455093.
    6. ^ 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)
    7. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “fel”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
    8. ^ “fellone” in Ditzionàriu in línia de sa limba e de sa cultura sarda (2016). Searchable in multiple languages at ditzionariu.sardegnacultura.it
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