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ptylh, ptyltˀ (pṯīlā, pṯīltā) n.f. lamp-wick
1
lamp-wick
Gal, Syr, JBA, JBAg, Man
PTPes 31.a:55[2]↗ עבד לי פתילה‏ ; IshExod 20:20↗ ܡܬܓܘܙܠܐ ܗܘܬ ܒܐܐܪ̈ ܐܝܟ ܕܒܦܬܝܠܬܐ ܘܡܫܚܐ ܡܕܡ‏ : it was flaming in the air as if with some wick and oil ; BT AZ 28b(19)↗ שב פתילתא‏ : seven wicks ; MTKG II:1b:17 סב שר̊גא ח̊דת̊א̊ ומלי יתה משח ופתילתא ח̊דתא‏ : take a new lamp, fill it with oil and a new wick ; ATS 2.5:2166↗ hanatẖ šraga tlatma ušitin ptiliata ˁtlẖ : that lamp has 360 wicks
2
other thin fibrous objects
(1)
tampon
JBA
BT Git 69a(20)↗ ונייתי גבבי דעמרא ונגדול פתילתא‏ : let him bring tufts of wool and weave a tampon
(2)
long stalk
JBA
(3)
(med.) wound plaster
Syr
HippAp 22(31)↗ ܐ݁ܠܨܐ ܕܢܣܬܢܩ ܥܠ ܦܬܝ̈ܠܬܐ‏ : it is necessary for us to depend on plasters
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It is probably that the fundamental meaning of this word, i.e., "twisted length of fiber", is cognate with Akkadian pitiltu, some of the other usages may well be borrowings; see M. Geller in SBM3: 9.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1267[617]DJPA: 455bDJBA: 948aJastrow: 1254Drower/Macuch: 372b, 32b, 370a, 384bJ. Payne-Smith: 470

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