[ˈfeː.ɫeːs], [ˈfɛː.les]
OrigoUnknown; maybe cognate with Welsh bele (“marten”).
Other sources say that it is related to Latin fulica, fulix, with the etymological meaning of "animal with a shiny coat", but this theory is doubtful. The connection with Latin fēlix (“happy”) and Latin fēllō (“to suck”), with the (hypothetical) etymological meaning of “animal that sucks the blood [of its prey]”, was also proposed. This word could be cognate with Latin mēlēs (“badger”), under the assumption of a very unusual alternation of /f/ (or earlier */β/) and /m/, which might be an indication of substrate origin.
- declension-3cat
“Quorum inbutae mentes pravitatis erroribus quamvis carnificinam prius subierint quam ibim aut aspidem aut faelem aut canem aut corcodillum violenti quorum etiamsi inprudentes quippiam fecerint, poenam” — Their minds being tainted by pernicious opinions, they are ready to bear any torture rather than hurt an ibis, a snake, a cat, a dog, or a crocodile; and should any one inadvertently have hurt any of
“Ut feles quoties fugitat, male pedere sueta est.” — Whenever the cat runs away, she is accustomed to fart badly.
“1556, Conrad Gessner, Aeliani de natura animalium, Liber VI, Cap. XXVII, p. 336” — Just as out of the cats, the male is most libidinous, so too is the female of kittens most affectionate; and on that account she runs away from sexual intercourse with the male because he emits the ho
Formaefēlēs(canonical, feminine) · fēlis(genitive) · fēlēs(nominative, singular) · fēlēs(nominative, plural) · fēlis(genitive, singular) · fēlium(genitive, plural) · fēlī(dative, singular) · fēlibus(dative, plural) · fēlem(accusative, singular) · fēlēs(accusative, plural) · fēlīs(accusative, plural) · fēle(ablative, singular) · fēlibus(ablative, plural) · fēlēs(singular, vocative) · fēlēs(plural, vocative) · faelēs(alternative) · fēlis(alternative)