פילגש

Hebrew

Etymology

Likely related to Aramaic פַּלְקְתָא (palqəṯā, “concubine”), Ancient Greek παλλακή (pallakḗ, “concubine”), παλλακίς (pallakís), πάλλαξ (pállax, “young”) (compare פַּלְגָּס (palgás)), Proto-Iranian *parikaH (“sorceress, witch”), whence Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬐𐬁 (pairikā, “beautiful women seducing pious men”), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (plykʾ /⁠parīg⁠/, “witch”), Khotanese 𑀧𑀮𑀻𑀓𑀸 (palīkā), Old Armenian պարիկ (parik).[1]

Noun

פִּילֶגֶשׁ • (pilégesh) f (plural indefinite פִּילַגְשִׁים)

  1. mistress, concubine, woman in a long-term but non-marital relationship with a man

Declension
Declension of פִּילֶגֶשׁ
NumberIsolated formsWith possessive pronouns
StateFormPersonsingularplural
m.f.m.f.
singularindefinite פִּילֶגֶשׁ first פִּילַגְשִׁיפִּילַגְשֵׁנוּ
definite הַפִּילֶגֶשׁ second פִּילַגְשְׁךָפִּילַגְשֵׁךְפִּילַגְשְׁכֶםפִּילַגְשְׁכֶן
construct פִּילֶגֶשׁ־ third פִּילַגְשׁוֹפִּילַגְשָׁהּפִּילַגְשָׁםפִּילַגְשָׁן
pluralindefinite פִּילַגְשִׁים first פילגשיי / פִּילַגְשַׁיפִּילַגְשֵׁינוּ
definite הַפִּילַגְשִׁים second פִּילַגְשֶׁיךָפילגשייך / פִּילַגְשַׁיִךְפִּילַגְשֵׁיכֶםפִּילַגְשֵׁיכֶן
construct פִּילַגְשֵׁי־ third פִּילַגְשָׁיופִּילַגְשֶׁיהָפִּילַגְשֵׁיהֶםפִּילַגְשֵׁיהֶן

Derived terms
  • פִּילַגְשׁוּת (pilagshút)

References
  1. MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “plykʾ”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 65.
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