fella

• fellah
• feller

From fellow.

• IPA^(key): /fɛ.lə/
• Rhymes: -ɛlə

fella (plural fellas)

1. Eye dialect spelling of fellow.
2. (informal) used to address a male
   • 1997, Donald Meichenbaum, “Discussion”, in Jeffrey K. Zeig, editor, The Evolution of Psychotherapy: The Third Conference, page 90:

     By the third go-around, the essence of what I wrote was, "And the same to you, fella!" I am glad that our relationship has survived that exchange.

   Am I right, fellas?

• as the fella says
• blackfella
• goodfella
• Redfella

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛdla/

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

1. to fell
2. to snare

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛtla/
• Rhymes: -ɛtla

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfel.laː/, [ˈfɛl.laː]

fellā

1. first-person singular present active imperative of fellō

• fellen

fella m or f

1. definite feminine singular of felle

From Old Norse fella. Akin to English fell.

• felle

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)

fella f

1. singular definite of felle

• “fella” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.