(פַּתַיגַיל, pethigil), some article of female attire (Isaiah 3:24), the character of which is a mere matter of conjecture. The Sept. describes it as a variegated tunic (χιτὼν μεσοπόρφυρος ); the Vulg. as a species of girdle (fascia pectoralis). The word is evidently a compound, but its elements are uncertain. Gesenius (Thesaur. p. 1137) derives it from פַּתַיךְ גַּיל, with very much the same sense as in the Sept; Saalschü tz (Archaol. 1, 30) from
פְּתַי גַלי, with the sense of "undisguised lust," as applied to some particular kind of dress. The latest explanation (approved by Fü rst and Mihlau) is that of Dietrich (Seam, Wö rterb. p. 290) from the Chald. פְּתִג, fine linen (פְּתָגָא, over garment), with the noun-ending il (as in כִּרְמַיל ). (See ATTIRE).