Ultimately derived from Ancient Greek φιάλη (phiálē). Either inherited from Aramaic פִּילָסָא (pīlāsā, “saucer”) or possibly from ܦܝܠܐܣ (p̄īyālas), the irregular plural form of ܦܝܵܠܵܐ (pyālā, “broad shallow dish; bowl, saucer”) as seen in Classical Syriac. Doublet of ܦܵܠܵܐ (pālā).
ܦܝܼܠܵܣܵܐ • (pīlāsā) m (plural ܦܝܼܠܵܣܹ̈ܐ (pīlāsē))
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܦܝܼܠܵܣ (pīlās) | 1st person | ܦܝܼܠܵܣܝܼ (pīlāsī) | ܦܝܼܠܵܣܲܢ (pīlāsan) | |||
| construct | ܦܝܼܠܵܣ (pīlās) | 2nd person | ܦܝܼܠܵܣܘܼܟ݂ (pīlāsōḵ) | ܦܝܼܠܵܣܵܟ݂ܝ (pīlāsāḵ) | ܦܝܼܠܵܣܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (pīlāsawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܦܝܼܠܵܣܵܐ (pīlāsā) | 3rd person | ܦܝܼܠܵܣܹܗ (pīlāsēh) | ܦܝܼܠܵܣܵܗ̇ (pīlāsāh) | ܦܝܼܠܵܣܗܘܿܢ (pīlāshōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܦܝܼܠܵܣܝܼ̈ܢ (pīlāsīn) | 1st person | ܦܝܼܠܵܣܝܼ̈ (pīlāsī) | ܦܝܼܠܵܣܲܢ̈ (pīlāsan) | |||
| construct | ܦܝܼܠܵܣܲܝ̈ (pīlāsay) | 2nd person | ܦܝܼܠܵܣܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (pīlāsōḵ) | ܦܝܼܠܵܣܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (pīlāsāḵ) | ܦܝܼܠܵܣܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (pīlāsawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܦܝܼܠܵܣܹ̈ܐ (pīlāsē) | 3rd person | ܦܝܼܠܵܣܘܼ̈ܗܝ (pīlāsūh) | ܦܝܼܠܵܣܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (pīlāsōh) | ܦܝܼܠܵܣܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (pīlāsayhōn) | |||