לילה
Arabic edit
Noun edit
לילה • (layla) f
- Judeo-Arabic spelling of لَيْلَة (layla, “night”)
Hebrew edit
Etymology edit
Likely a remnant of the accusative case (used adverbially to mean “at night”) of לַיִל (láyil), from Proto-Semitic *layl-. Cognate with Arabic لَيْل (layl), لَيْلَة (layla), Aramaic לֵילְיָא (lēləyā), Classical Syriac ܠܹܠܝܵܐ (lēlyā).
Pronunciation edit
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈlaj.la/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): [ˈlaːjlɔː]
Noun edit
לַיְלָה • (láyla) m (plural indefinite לֵילוֹת, singular construct לֵיל־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form לָיְלָה)
- night: period from nightfall to daybreak
- (figuratively) adversity
Synonyms edit
- לַיִל (láyil)
Derived terms edit
- הַלַּיְלָה (haláyla)
- חֲצוֹת הַלַּיְלָה (khatsòt-haláyla)
- חֲצִי הַלַּיְלָה (khatsì-haláyla)
- יוֹמָם וָלַיְלָה (yomám valáyla)
- לַיְלָה טוֹב (láyla tóv)
- לַיְלָה לָבָן (láyla laván)
- לֵילִי (leilí)
- לֵיל כָּל הַקְּדוֹשִׁים
- קרי לילה (keri layla)