fello

See also: felló

Fula

Alternative forms

• (Maasina) ferro

Etymology

Cognate with Serer ɓil (“mountain”).

Noun

fello ngo (plural pelle ɗe)

1. (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)

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

• folle

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *fēlājō, from earlier *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) 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. to suck
2. (vulgar, in particular) to fellate, perform fellatio, suck off
   • 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
		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

• irrumō

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Frankish *falljō (“evildoer”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fellō m (genitive fellōnis); third declension

2. (Medieval Latin) criminal, barbarian
3. poison, bitterness, venom, bile

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fellō	fellōnēs
Genitive	fellōnis	fellōnum
Dative	fellōnī	fellōnibus
Accusative	fellōnem	fellōnēs
Ablative	fellōne	fellōnibus
Vocative	fellō	fellōnēs

Descendants

• Old French: felon, felun, feloun, felloun
  • Middle French: felon
    • French: félon
  • Norman: fflon
  • Picard: fèlôn
  • → Middle Dutch: fel, felle (reborrowing)
  • → Middle English: felun, feloun
    • Scots: felloun
    • English: felon
      • → Scots: felon, fellin
  • → Galician: felón
  • → Spanish: felón
• Italian: fellone
• Old Occitan: felon
  • Occitan: félon
  • Catalan: felló, feylo, falló, felo, falo
    • Catalan: felló m, fellona f
• Sardinian: fellone