فيل

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See also: فیل, قيل, قبل, قتل, and فتل

Arabic

فِيل
 فيل on Arabic Wikipedia

Etymology

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

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(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

Noun

فِيل • (fīl) m (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

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

See also

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

References

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic فِيل (fīl).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

فيل • (fīl) m (plural فيلة (fiyale) or فيولة (fyūle))

  1. elephant
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