pirle/i-
‘feast (?)’
- Language
- Lycian B
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 2197
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian B
pirle/i-
‘feast (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested in the inscription of the inscribed pillar of Xanthos, dated contextually to shortly after the ascension of Artaxerxes II in 405-404 BCE and stylistically to around 400 BCE (Borchhardt & Eichner 1997-1999a:19f.).
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1.1.2Forms
| dat. sg. | pirli | TL 44c.57 (Xanthos) |
1.1.3Meaning
The word pirli is coordinated with si=ke tesi ‘and for this oath’ forming a parallel construction with zppli… si=ke tesi ‘for the feast/slaughtering and for this oath’ (see Sasseville 2021d). Therefore, pirli should have a meaning similar to zppli, i.e. ‘feast (?)’. Shevoroshkin 1979a:179 suggests an etymological connection with Lyc. A przze/i- ‘first’ (likewise Schürr 2016d:168), which is possible but the meaning is not contextually supported. In a later publication, Shevoroshkin 2002a:229 prefers an etymological connection with PIE *bher- ‘to bear’, which is also possible but does not shed light on the context. Gehrisch 2018a:87 takes pirli as a derivative of the Anatolian word for ‘house’ (i.e. Lyc. A prn͂na-, Lyd. pira-, Hitt. pēr-/parn-), which would imply a loss of the heteroclite inflection in favor of the strong stem. Though possible, this is highly speculative.
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1.1.4Stem
The word is most likely a mutated stem, pirle/i-, although a neuter stem in -e- cannot be entirely excluded.
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