felga

Galician

Felgas, folgueiras, fentos, fieitos ("ferns")

Etymology

From felgo, from Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *felicu (cf. also filictum), from Latin filix (“fern”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛlɣa̝/

Noun

felga f (plural felgas)

1. fern

   Synonyms: felgo, fento, fieito, folgueira

2. group of ferns
3. underbrush

Related terms

• fieito, fento
• Filgueira
• Folgoso

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “felgueira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “felg”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “felga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “felgo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “felga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Icelandic

Etymology

20th century danish borrowing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛlka/

  Rhymes: -ɛlka

Noun

felga f (genitive singular felgu, nominative plural felgur)

1. (automotive) rim

Declension

Declension of felga (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	felga	felgan	felgur	felgurnar
accusative	felgu	felguna	felgur	felgurnar
dative	felgu	felgunni	felgum	felgunum
genitive	felgu	felgunnar	felgna, felga	felgnanna, felganna

Polish

felga

Etymology

Borrowed from German Felge.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛl.ɡa/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛl.ɡa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛlɡa
• Syllabification: fel‧ga

Noun

felga f

1. rim (of a wheel)

Declension

Declension of felga

	singular	plural
nominative	felga	felgi
genitive	felgi	felg
dative	feldze	felgom
accusative	felgę	felgi
instrumental	felgą	felgami
locative	feldze	felgach
vocative	felgo	felgi

Derived terms

noun

• alufelga

 

Further reading

• felga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• felga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “felgi”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 18

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Felge.

Noun

felga f (Cyrillic spelling фелга)

1. rim

   Synonym: naplatak