different between fella vs fellas

English

Alternative forms

• fellah, feller

Etymology

From fellow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?.l?/
• Rhymes: -?l?

Noun

fella (plural fellas)

1. Pronunciation spelling of fellow.
2. (informal) used to address a male

Derived terms

Descendants

• Bislama: -fala, -pela
• Pijin: -fala
• Tok Pisin: -pela, -pla

Translations

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fella, from Proto-Germanic *fallijan?. Causative of falla (“to fall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?dla/

Verb

fella (third person singular past indicative feldi, third person plural past indicative feldu, supine felt)

1. to fell
2. to snare

Conjugation

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fella, from Proto-Germanic *fallijan?. Causative of falla (“to fall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?tla/
• Rhymes: -?tla

Verb

fella (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative felldi, supine fellt)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to fell, to shed
2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to kill in battle
3. (transitive, governs the accusative) to fit together
4. (transitive, governs the accusative) to pleat

Conjugation

Derived terms

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?fe?l.la?/, [?fe?l??ä?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fel.la/, [?f?l??]

Verb

f?ll?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of f?ll?

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• fellen

Noun

fella m or f

1. definite feminine singular of felle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• felle

Etymology

From Old Norse fella. Akin to English fell.

Verb

fella (present tense feller, past tense felte, past participle felt, present participle fellande, imperative fell)

1. to fell, bring down (make something fall, e.g. an animal, a tree, an opponent in battle)
2. to shed (e.g. a person shedding tears, a tree shedding leaves)

Noun

fella f (definite singular fella, indefinite plural feller or fellor, definite plural fellene or fellone)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by felle
2. definite singular of felle

References

• “fella” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Noun

fellas

1. plural of fella

Latin

Verb

f?ll?s

1. second-person singular present active indicative of f?ll?