Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pilɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [pile(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܝܠܐ • ‎(pīlā) m ‎(plural ܦܝܠܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܦܝܠܬܐ)

1. elephant
   • 2011, Joseph P. Amar (ed.), The Syriac Vita Edition of Ephrem the Syrian, in Scriptores Syrii, Vol. 242, In Aedibus Peeters, 16.

     ܐܠܐ ܥܠ ܢܨܝܒܝܢ ܒܚܝܠܐ ܣܓܝܐܐ. ܒܖ̈ܟܫܐ ܘܒܦܝ̈ܠܐ ܕܠܐ ܡܬܡܢܝܢ

     He came to Nisibis with a numerous army, with countless horses and elephants.

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܦ-ܘ-ܠ ‎(p-w-l) related to sprinkling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p(ə)jɑlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [p(ə)jɑle(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܝܠܐ • ‎(pyālā) m ‎(plural ܦܝܠܐ)

1. anything sprinkled or mixed (e.g. with oil as a cake or dough)

Inflection

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek φιάλη ‎(phiálē).

Alternative forms

• ܦܠܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fijɑlɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [fijɑle(ʔ)], [fijɑlajje(ʔ(], [fijɑlas] (plural)

Noun

ܦܝܠܐ • ‎(p̄īyālā) f ‎(plural ܦܝܠܐܣ or ܦܝܠܝܐ or ܦܝܠܐ)

1. broad shallow dish, paten, patera, cup, bowl, saucer

References

• “pyl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 274a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 443b
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 1186a-b