Jump to content

فيل

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: فیل, قيل, قبل, قتل, and فتل

Arabic

[edit]
فِيل
 فيل on Arabic Wikipedia

Etymology

[edit]

From Middle Persian pyl (/⁠pīl⁠/), from Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (/⁠pīru⁠/), related to Egyptian ꜣbw

AbbwE26

(root of English elephant).

Cognate with Aramaic פִּילָא (pīlā) and Hebrew פיל (píl). Compare also Old Armenian փիղ (pʻił), Persian پیل (pil), Sanskrit पीलु (pīlu).

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

فِيل (fīlm (dual فِيلَان (fīlān), plural فِيَلَة (fiyala) or فُيُول (fuyūl) or أَفْيَال (ʔafyāl), feminine فِيلَة (fīla))

  1. elephant
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 105:1:
      أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَابِ ٱلْفِيلِ
      ʔalam tara kayfa faʕala rabbuka biʔaṣḥābi l-fīli
      Have thou seen not how thy Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?
  2. (chess) bishop (use the dual to pluralize)

Declension

[edit]
Declension of noun فِيل (fīl)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal فِيل
fīl
الْفِيل
al-fīl
فِيل
fīl
nominative فِيلٌ
fīlun
الْفِيلُ
al-fīlu
فِيلُ
fīlu
accusative فِيلًا
fīlan
الْفِيلَ
al-fīla
فِيلَ
fīla
genitive فِيلٍ
fīlin
الْفِيلِ
al-fīli
فِيلِ
fīli
dual indefinite definite construct
informal فِيلَيْن
fīlayn
الْفِيلَيْن
al-fīlayn
فِيلَيْ
fīlay
nominative فِيلَانِ
fīlāni
الْفِيلَانِ
al-fīlāni
فِيلَا
fīlā
accusative فِيلَيْنِ
fīlayni
الْفِيلَيْنِ
al-fīlayni
فِيلَيْ
fīlay
genitive فِيلَيْنِ
fīlayni
الْفِيلَيْنِ
al-fīlayni
فِيلَيْ
fīlay
plural broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎;
basic broken plural triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal فِيَلَة‎; فُيُول‎; أَفْيَال
fiyala‎; fuyūl‎; ʔafyāl
الْفِيَلَة‎; الْفُيُول‎; الْأَفْيَال
al-fiyala‎; al-fuyūl‎; al-ʔafyāl
فِيَلَة‎; فُيُول‎; أَفْيَال
fiyalat‎; fuyūl‎; ʔafyāl
nominative فِيَلَةٌ‎; فُيُولٌ‎; أَفْيَالٌ
fiyalatun‎; fuyūlun‎; ʔafyālun
الْفِيَلَةُ‎; الْفُيُولُ‎; الْأَفْيَالُ
al-fiyalatu‎; al-fuyūlu‎; al-ʔafyālu
فِيَلَةُ‎; فُيُولُ‎; أَفْيَالُ
fiyalatu‎; fuyūlu‎; ʔafyālu
accusative فِيَلَةً‎; فُيُولًا‎; أَفْيَالًا
fiyalatan‎; fuyūlan‎; ʔafyālan
الْفِيَلَةَ‎; الْفُيُولَ‎; الْأَفْيَالَ
al-fiyalata‎; al-fuyūla‎; al-ʔafyāla
فِيَلَةَ‎; فُيُولَ‎; أَفْيَالَ
fiyalata‎; fuyūla‎; ʔafyāla
genitive فِيَلَةٍ‎; فُيُولٍ‎; أَفْيَالٍ
fiyalatin‎; fuyūlin‎; ʔafyālin
الْفِيَلَةِ‎; الْفُيُولِ‎; الْأَفْيَالِ
al-fiyalati‎; al-fuyūli‎; al-ʔafyāli
فِيَلَةِ‎; فُيُولِ‎; أَفْيَالِ
fiyalati‎; fuyūli‎; ʔafyāli

Descendants

[edit]

See also

[edit]
Chess pieces in Arabic · (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
شَاه (šāh) وَزِير (wazīr) رُخّ (ruḵḵ) – قَلْعَة (qalʕa) فِيل (fīl) حِصَان (ḥiṣān) بَيْدَق (baydaq) – جُنْدِيّ (jundiyy)

References

[edit]

Chadian Arabic

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Arabic فِيل (fīl).

Noun

[edit]

فيل (fīlm (plural فيلى (fayala))

  1. elephant

References

[edit]
  • Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français[1] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 48

South Levantine Arabic

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Arabic فِيل (fīl).

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /fiːl/, [fiːl]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

[edit]

فيل (fīlm (plural فيلة (fiyale) or فيولة (fyūle))

  1. elephant