فيل

See also: فیل‎, قيل‎, قبل‎, قتل‎, and فتل‎

Arabic
فِيل

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 (pʿił), Persian پیل‎ (pil), Sanskrit पीलु (pīlu).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fiːl/

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
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  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
  • → Azerbaijani: فیل / фил / fil (fil)
  • → Judeo-Tat: fil / фил / פאִל‎ (fil / фил / fil)
  • → Central Kurdish: فیل‎ (fîl)
  • → Middle Armenian: ֆիլ (fil)
  • → Old Norse: fíll
  • → Ottoman Turkish: فیل‎ (fil)
  • → Persian: فیل‎ (fil)
    • → Bashkir: фил (fil)
    • → Chechen: пийл (piil)
    • → Hindi: फ़ील (fīl)
    • → Kazakh: піл (pıl)
    • → Kyrgyz: пил (pil)
    • → Northern Kurdish: fîl
    • → Pashto: پيل‎ (pil)
    • → Tajik: фил (fil)
    • → Tatar: фил (fil)
    • → Turkmen: pil
    • → Urdu: فیل‎ (fīl)
    • → Uyghur: پىل‎ (pil)
    • → Uzbek: fil
  • → Old Spanish: alfil (“bishop (chess)”)
  • ⇒ Arabic: عَظْم اَلْفِيل‎ (ʕaẓm al-fīl, “ivory”)

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/, [fiːl]
  • Audio (Ramallah)(file)

Noun

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

  1. elephant
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