φιάλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• φιέλη (phiélē)

Etymology

According to Beekes, probably from Pre-Greek or some other language, based on the interchange of suffixes in the Mycenaean cognates. The word formally fits the instrument names in "-αλη" and "-αλο-", like σκυτάλη (skutálē) and γύαλον (gúalon).

A borrowing relationship with Iranian (compare Persian پیاله (piyâle, “cup, bowl”)) has been suggested, though as the Greek is itself thought to be a loanword, the ultimate direction is unclear.

Noun

φιάλη • (phiálē) f (genitive φιάλης); first declension

1. round and shallow bowl, saucer, or pan

   Synonym: ἄρακις (árakis)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φιάλη; τῆς φιάλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φιάλη hē phiálē	τὼ φιάλᾱ tṑ phiálā	αἱ φιάλαι hai phiálai
Genitive	τῆς φιάλης tês phiálēs	τοῖν φιάλαιν toîn phiálain	τῶν φιαλῶν tôn phialôn
Dative	τῇ φιάλῃ tēî phiálēi	τοῖν φιάλαιν toîn phiálain	ταῖς φιάλαις taîs phiálais
Accusative	τὴν φιάλην tḕn phiálēn	τὼ φιάλᾱ tṑ phiálā	τᾱ̀ς φιάλᾱς tā̀s phiálās
Vocative	φιάλη phiálē	φιάλᾱ phiálā	φιάλαι phiálai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• φιαληφόρος (phialēphóros)
• φιαλίδιον (phialídion)
• φιάλιον (phiálion)
• φιαλίς (phialís)
• φιαλίσκα (phialíska)
• φιαλίσκος (phialískos)
• φῐᾰλομᾰντείᾱ (phĭălomănteíā)
• φιαλόω (phialóō)
• φιαλώδης (phialṓdēs)
• φιαλωτός (phialōtós)

Descendants

• Greek: φιάλη (fiáli)
• → English: phiale
• → Latin: fiola
  • → French: fiole
• → Middle Persian: [script needed] (pygʾl /⁠*paygāl⁠/) (possibly)
  • Persian: پیاله (piyâle)
    • → Assamese: পিয়লা (piola)
    • → Azerbaijani: piyalə
    • → Bashkir: быяла (bıyala)
    • → Bengali: পেয়ালা (peẏala)
    • → Gujarati: પ્યાલો (pyālo)
    • → Gulf Arabic: بيالة
    • → Hijazi Arabic: بيالة
    • → Iraqi Arabic: بيالة
    • → Malay: piala
      • → Indonesian: piala
    • → Old Hindi: पियाला (piyālā)
      • Hindustani:

        Hindi: प्याला (pyālā)

        Urdu: پْیَالَہ (pyāla)

    • → Ottoman Turkish: پیاله (piyâle)
      • Turkish: piyale
      • → Russian: пиала (piala)
      • → Ukrainian: піала (piala)
    • → Maithili: peālā

      Devanagari script: पॆआला

      Tirhuta script: 𑒣𑒺𑒂𑒪𑒰

    • → Marathi: पेला (pelā)
    • → Marwari: प्यालौ (pyālau)
    • → Odia: ପିଆଲା (piālā)
    • → Old Punjabi: ਪਿਆਲਾ (piālā)
      • Punjabi:

        Gurmukhi script: ਪਿਆਲਾ (piālā)

        Shahmukhi script: پْیَالَہ (pyālah)

    • → Rohingya: fiala
    • → Sindhi:

      Arabic script: پِيالو (pīālo)

      Devanagari script: पिआलो

    • → Uzbek: piyola

Further reading

• “φιάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φιάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “φιάλη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• φιάλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• φιάλη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G5357 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• φιάλη, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φιάλη (phiálē, “saucer, bowl”).

Noun

φιάλη • (fiáli) f (plural φιάλες)

1. bottle
2. (archaeology) saucer
3. gas cylinder, gas bottle

Declension

Declension of φιάλη

	singular	plural
nominative	φιάλη (fiáli)	φιάλες (fiáles)
genitive	φιάλης (fiális)	φιαλών (fialón)
accusative	φιάλη (fiáli)	φιάλες (fiáles)
vocative	φιάλη (fiáli)	φιάλες (fiáles)

Synonyms

• μποτίλια f (botília, “bottle”)
• μπουκάλι n (boukáli)

Derived terms

• φιάλη διηθήσεως f (fiáli diithíseos, “Büchner flask”)
• ογκομετρική φιάλη f (ogkometrikí fiáli, “volumetric flask”)

Further reading

• Φιάλη (δοχείο) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el