# fela
## Albanian
### Noun

fela
* inflection of felë:
** definite nominative singular
** indefinite nominative/accusative plural

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɛːla/
* Rhymes: -ɛːla

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse fela, from Proto-Germanic *felhaną.

#### Verb

fela (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative fól, third-person plural past indicative fólu, supine falið) or fela (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative faldi, supine falið)
* to hide, to conceal [with accusative]
    Synonyms: leyna, dylja, hylja
* (ditransitive) to entrust with, to charge with

##### Usage notes

* The verb fela may have either strong (class 6) or weak (class 1) conjugation.

##### Derived terms

* fela í sér
* fela sig
* felast

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

fela f (genitive singular felu, nominative plural felur)
* hiding place
    Synonyms: leyni, fylgsni

##### Derived terms

* feluleikur

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Fehl. Compare Greater Polish and Masovian Polish fela.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɛ.la/
* Rhymes: -ɛla
* Syllabification: fe‧la

### Noun

fela f
* defect
* mistake
* second
* plain card in the deck

### Further reading

* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “błąd”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎

## Lele (Guinea)
### Numeral

fela
* two

## Maltese
### Etymology

From Arabic فَلَى (falā, “to louse, inspect someone’s head for lice”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɛ.la/

### Verb

fela (imperfect jifli, past participle mifli, verbal noun fili)
* to scrutinise, inspect carefully, assess

#### Conjugation
## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

fela
* Alternative form of felawe

### Etymology 2
#### Determiner

fela
* (Early Middle English) Alternative form of fele (“many”)

#### Pronoun

fela
* (Early Middle English) Alternative form of fele (“many”)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* felen

### Noun

fela m or f
* definite feminine singular of fele

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

fela f
* definite singular of fele

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* feola — Mercian
* fiolu, feolu, feolo, fala

### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *felu, from *pleh₁-. Cognate with Old Frisian felo, Old Saxon filu, Old High German filu, Old Norse fjǫl- in compounds, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿 (filu). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek πολύς (polús), Latin plus, Old Irish il (Welsh lliaws).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfe.lɑ/

### Adjective

fela (indeclinable) (usually + genitive)
* many
** late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
    Hē hrædlīċe his sealmas ġeleornode and ēac fela ōðerra bōca.He quickly learned his psalms and many other books too.
** c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
    Sē unġesewenlīca Dēofol flīeġþ ġeond þās weorolde and ġesihþ fela þinga.The invisible Devil flies through this world and sees many things.
** late 9th century, The Voyage of Ohthere and Wulfstan
    Fela spella him sæġdon þā Beormas, ǣġðer ġe of heora āgnum lande ġe of þām landum þe ymb hīe ūtan wǣron, ac hē nysse hwæt þæs sōðes wæs, for þon þe hē hit self ne ġeseah.The Bjarmians told him many stories, both from their own country and from the countries surrounding them, but he didn't know what parts were true, because he didn't see it himself.
* (rare) much

### Pronoun

fela (indeclinable; usually + genitive)
* many
** The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn
    Saga mē, on hū fela daga God ġeworhte ealle ġesceafta?'Tell me, in how many days did God create all creatures?
* a lot, much

### Adverb

fela
* (poetic) much, very

#### Derived terms

* ælfela (“very much”)
* efnfela (“just so many, as many”)
* felafeald (“manifold”)

#### Descendants

* Middle English: fele, fale, feel, fel, feole, vele, feala, fela, felæ, feola, veole (Early Middle English)
** English: fele (obsolete, dialectal)
** Middle Scots: fele (poetic)

## Old Norse
### Alternative forms

* *fjala

### Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᚠᛖᛚᛡᚺ (felᴀh), ᚠᛡᛚᛡᚺ (fᴀlᴀh) (first-person singular present indicative), from Proto-Germanic *felhaną.

### Verb

fela (singular past indicative fal, plural past indicative fálu, past participle folginn)
* to hide, conceal
** 10th c., Karlevi Runestone, (East Norse Transcription)
    fulkin : likr : hins : fulkþu : flaistr (:)* uisi * þat * maistar * taiþir : tulka * þruþar : traukr : i : þaimsi * huki […]Fulginn liggʀ hinn's fylgðu flæstr vissi þat, mæstaʀ dæðiʀ dolga Þruðaʀ draugʀ i þæimsi haugi […] Hidden lies the one whom followed, most know that, the greatest deeds. Þrud's warrior of battles, in this mound. […]
* (by extension) to bury
** 9th c., Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 24:
    […] Ok buðlung / á Borrói sigrhafendr / síðan fálu. […] And the victory-havers / later buried the prince / on Borre.

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: fela
* Faroese: fjala
* Old Swedish: fiæla, fiala
** Swedish: fjäla (dialectal)
* Old Danish: fiælæ, fialæ
** Danish: fjæle
* → English: feal

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fela”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Fehl. Compare Kashubian fela.

### Pronunciation

* (Greater Poland):
** (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA: /ˈfɛ.la/
* (Masovia):
** (Far Masovian) IPA: /ˈfɛ.la/

### Noun

fela f
* (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) fault; physical handicap
* (Far Masovian) fault; lack

#### Derived terms

* felowaty

#### Related terms

* felować impf

### Further reading

* Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “fela”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 301
* Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “fela”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 107

## Sotho
### Etymology 1
#### Adverb

fela
* only

### Etymology 2
#### Conjunction

fela
* but

## Spanish
### Verb

fela
* inflection of felar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Swedish
### Noun

fela c
* (colloquial) a fiddle, a violin

#### Synonyms

* fiol
* violin

### Verb

fela (present felar, preterite felade, supine felat, imperative fela)
* to do wrong, to commit a fault; to err; to do what is morally wrong
* (dated) to be missing, to be wanting (Can we add an example for this sense?)
    den felande länkenthe missing link

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Derived terms

* felande länk

#### Related terms

* felas

### Further reading

* fela in Svensk ordbok.

### Anagrams

* fale

## Ternate
### Etymology

Compare also Ternate fea (“to open”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfe.la]

### Verb

fela
* (intransitive) to open
* (transitive) to open

#### Conjugation
### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Zulu
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Verb

-fela$^?$
* to spit
* to condemn
* to despise

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

From -fa +‎ -ela.

#### Verb

-fela$^?$
* to die for, to die at
* to long for, to yearn for

##### Derived terms

* umfelokazi

### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “fela”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “fela (3.9, ukufela, 3.2.9.9)”
* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “fela”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “fela (3.9, ukufela, 2.6.3.9)”