felly

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English fely, felow, felowe, felwe, felȝe, from Old English felg, from Proto-Germanic *felgō (compare Saterland Frisian feelge, Dutch velg, German Felge), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥ǵʰ- (compare Polish płoza (“sliding iron”), Old Church Slavonic пльзати (plĭzati, “to creep, crawl”)). ==== Alternative forms ==== felloe fellick, felk (dialectal) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfɛli/ Hyphenation: fel‧ly ==== Noun ==== felly (plural fellies) The rim of a wooden wheel, supported by the spokes. Synonym: felloe Any of the several curved segments that constitute the rim. Synonym: felloe ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English felly, felli, fellich, equivalent to fell +‎ -ly. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfɛl.li/, /ˈfɛli/ ==== Adverb ==== felly (comparative more felly, superlative most felly) (now rare) Fiercely, harshly. == Welsh == === Alternative forms === llyn === Etymology === Contraction of the phrase hafal hyn, lit. "equal this", via a series of sound changes hafal hyn > (h)efel hyn > (e)fell hyn > (e)felly(n), (y)felly(n) > felly. Cognate with Middle Breton euelhenn. === Pronunciation === (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈvɛɬɨ̞/ (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ɬɨ̞/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈvɛɬi/ === Adverb === felly so, thus ==== Derived terms ==== felly felly (“so-so”) === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “felly”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies