fola

See also: føla

Albanian

Verb

fola

1. first-person singular aorist indicative of flas

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ḥola (Eastern)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfola/ [ˈfo.la]
• Rhymes: -ola
• Syllabification: fo‧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/

Etymology 1

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 singular plural nominative fola folta vocative a fhola a fholta genitive fola folta dative fola folta forms with the definite article 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

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fola”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “fola”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fola”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

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

• falò

Middle Irish

Etymology 1

Apparently a specialized form of Old Irish folud (“goods and services owed in virtue of a contract”), from Proto-Celtic *uɸolautom (“wealth, riches, property”).

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

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.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *folō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfo.lɑ/

Noun

fola m

1. foal, colt
2. elephant calf
3. camel calf
   • Wonders of the East

     Ðā menn ðe tō ðām dyrstiġe beoð þæt hī þæt gold nimen, þonne lǣdað hī mid him olfenda myran mid hyra folan ⁊ stēdan. Þā folan hī getīġað ǣr hī ofer þā ēa faran. Þæt gold hī gefǣtað on ðā myran ⁊ his sylfe onsittað ⁊ þā stēdan þǣr forlǣtað.

     Those who are bold enough to take the gold bring with them male camels and female camels with their calves. They tie up the calves before they cross over the river. They load the gold on the mares, and sit on them themselves, and leave the males there.

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	fola	folan
accusative	folan	folan
genitive	folan	folena
dative	folan	folum

Derived terms

• ġefol

Descendants

• Middle English: fole
  • English: foal
  • Scots: fole, foill

References

• John R. Clark Hall (1916), “fola”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan

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

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.