See also: føla

Asturian

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Noun

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fola f (plural foles)

  1. wave
  2. choppy seas; choppiness

Icelandic

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Noun

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fola

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

Etymology

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Borrowed from English fool, foolishFrench fouItalian folle.

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Adjective

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fola

  1. crazy, mad, foolish

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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fola f (genitive singular fola, nominative plural folta)

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

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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fola f

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

Mutation

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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

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Italian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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  • fola1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • fola2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Middle Irish

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Etymology 1

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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

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fola f

  1. grudge
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  • Irish: fala

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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fola

  1. genitive singular of fuil

Mutation

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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

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  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

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *folō.

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Noun

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fola m

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

Declension

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Weak:

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Old Norse

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Noun

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fola

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

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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fola

  1. Soft mutation of bola.

Mutation

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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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