fola

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Asturian

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Alternative forms

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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

Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English fool, foolishFrench fouItalian folle.

Pronunciation

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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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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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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fola fhola bhfola
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

Anagrams

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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
Descendants
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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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Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
fola ḟola fola
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

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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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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
bola fola mola unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.