fola

See also: føla

Asturian

Alternative forms
  • ḥola (Eastern Asturias)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfola/, [ˈfo.la]

Noun

fola f (plural foles)

  1. wave
  2. choppy seas; choppiness

Icelandic

Noun

fola

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

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English fool, foolish, French fou, Italian folle.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfola/

Adjective

fola

  1. crazy, mad, foolish

Derived terms
  • foleso

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfˠɔlˠə/

Noun

fola f (genitive singular fola, nominative plural folta)

  1. Alternative form of fala (“grudge, spite, resentment, feud”)
Declension
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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fola f

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

Mutation
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
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fola”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “fola” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “fola” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Etymology

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

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

Noun

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
  • 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

Middle Irish

Etymology 1

Apparently a specialized form of Old Irish folud (“goods and services owed in virtue of a contract”).[1]

Noun

fola f

  1. grudge
Descendants
  • Irish: fala

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fola

  1. genitive singular of fuil

Mutation
Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
folaḟolafola
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 fola, fala”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fulô.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfo.lɑ/

Noun

fola m

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

Declension
Declension of fola (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative fola folan
accusative folan folan
genitive folan folena
dative folan folum

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Old Norse

Noun

fola

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

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvɔla/

Noun

fola

  1. Soft mutation of bola.

Mutation
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.
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