fello

See also: felló

Fula

Alternative forms

(Maasina) ferro

Etymology

Cognate with Serer ɓil (“mountain”).

Noun

fello ngo (plural pelle ɗe)

(Pular) mountain

Synonyms

hooseere (Adamawa)
haayre (Fouta-Toro)
waamnde (Liptaako, Maasina)

References

Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛl.lo/
Rhymes: -ɛllo
Hyphenation: fèl‧lo

Adjective

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

Noun

fello m (plural felli)

(literary, rare) wretch

Anagrams

folle

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

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfeːl.loː/, [ˈfeːlːʲoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfel.lo/, [ˈfɛlːo]

Verb

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

to suck, to suckle
(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 [cock] 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
indicative		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		fēllāvēre, fēllāvērunt
	pluperfect	fēllāveram	fēllāverās		fēllāverat	fēllāverāmus	fēllāverātis		fēllāverant
	future perfect	fēllāverō	fēllāveris		fēllāverit	fēllāverimus	fēllāveritis		fēllāverint
passive	present	fēllor	fēllāre, fēllāris		fēllātur	fēllāmur	fēllāminī		fēllantur
	imperfect	fēllābar	fēllābāre, fēllābāris		fēllābātur	fēllābāmur	fēllābāminī		fēllābantur
	future	fēllābor	fēllābere, fēllāberis		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
subjunctive		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	fēllēre, fēllēris		fēllētur	fēllēmur	fēllēminī		fēllentur
	imperfect	fēllārer	fēllārēre, fēllārēris		fēllārētur	fēllārēmur	fēllārēminī		fēllārentur
	perfect	fēllātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	fēllātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	fēllā		—	—	fēllāte		—
active	future	—	fēllātō		fēllātō	—	fēllātōte		fēllantō
passive	present	—	fēllāre		—	—	fēllāminī		—
passive	future	—	fēllātor		fēllātor	—	—		fēllantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		fēllāre		fēllārī		fēllāns		—
future		fēllātūrum esse		fēllātum īrī		fēllātūrus		fēllandus
perfect		fēllāvisse		fēllātum esse		—		fēllātus
future perfect		—		fēllātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		fēllātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		fēllandī	fēllandō		fēllandum	fēllandō	fēllātum		fēllātū

Descendants

→ English: fellate

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

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfel.loː/, [ˈfɛlːʲoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfel.lo/, [ˈfɛlːo]

Noun

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

(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

Old French: (from the nominative) fel, fels, feus, fal
- → Middle Dutch: fel^[7]
  - Dutch: fel
- → Middle English: fel, fell (or from Old English)
  - English: fell
Old French: (from the accusative) felon, felun, feloun, felloun
- Middle French: felon
  - French: félon
- Norman: fflon
- Picard: fèlôn
- → Middle English: felun, feloun
  - Scots: felloun
  - English: felon
    - → Scots: felon, fellin
- → Galician: felón
- → Spanish: felón
Italian: fellone
- → Sardinian: fellone^[8]
Old Occitan: felon, felhon, fellon (obl.), fel, felh (nom.)
- Occitan: félon, fèl
- Catalan: felló, feylo, falló, felo, falo
  - Catalan: felló m, fellona f

References

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

[1] “fello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

[2] Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

[3] “félon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

[4] “felon, adj. and n.¹”, in OED Online ⁠, 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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Fula

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Etymology 1

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Etymology 2

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