masculine · phāla 1 · phāla 2
ploughshare
a plowshare;; an instrument to split wood;; one half or a slice of salted fish, etc.
Phāla 1 (masculine and neuter) [cf. Vedic phāla] ploughshare S I 169; Snp page 13 and verse 77 (explained as "phāletī ti ph." Pj II 147); Ja I 94; IV 118; V 104; Ud 69 (as m.); Dhp-a I 395. Phāla 2 [to phala 3 ] an (iron) board, slab (or ball?), maybe spear or rod. The word is of doubtful origin and meaning, it occurs always in the same context of a heated iron instrument, several times in correlation with an iron ball (ayogula). It has been misunderstood at an early time, as is shown by kapāla A IV 70 for phāla. Kern comments on the word at Toev. II 139. See Vin I 225 (phālo divasantatto, so read; v.l. balo correct to bālo; corresponds with guḷa); A IV 70 (divasa-saṃsantatte ayokapāle, gloss ayoguḷe); Ja V 268; V 109 (phāle ciraratta-tāpite, v.l. pāle, hale, thāle; corresponds with pakaṭṭhita ayogula), the same V 113 (ayomayehi phālehi pīḷeti, v.l. vālehi). Phāla 3 in loṇa-maccha° a string (?) or cluster of salted fish Vism 28.
【陽】1.（犁）鏵，鏵頭。2.伐木楔。3. 一條半鹹魚，鹹魚片。
(masc, masc, from phalati) ploughshare; cutting blade of a plough ploughshare Construction: √phal > phāl + *a
(masc, masc) instrument to split wood Construction: √phal > phāl + *a
(masc, masc) one half or a slice of salted fish, etc. Construction: √phal > phāl + *a