φιάλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

φιέλη (phiélē)

Etymology

According to Beekes, probably from Pre-Greek. The word formally fits the instrument names in "-αλη" and "-αλο-", like σκυτάλη (skutálē) and γύαλον (gúalon).

Noun

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

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: pyālā
      Hindi: प्याला
      Urdu: پِیَالَہ (piyāla)
  - → 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: piālā
      Gurmukhi script: ਪਿਆਲਾ
      Shahmukhi script: پیالہ
  - → Rohingya: fiala
  - → Sindhi:
    Arabic script: پِيالو
    
    Devanagari script: पिआलो
  - → Uzbek: piyola

References

“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

Greek

Etymology

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

Noun

φιάλη • (fiáli) f (plural φιάλες)

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”)

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

References

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