ليل
Algerian Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic لَيْل (layl), from Proto-Semitic *laylay- (“night”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ليل (līl) m (plural ليالي (lyāli))
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From the root ل ي ل (l-y-l). From Proto-Semitic *layl-.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
لَيْل • (layl) m (usually uncountable)
- nighttime, night
- Antonym: نَهَار (nahār)
- (countable, obsolete) chick of a bustard (حُبَارَى (ḥubārā)) and/or curlew (كَرَوَان (karawān))
- (countable, obsolete) bustard hen; bustard in general
Declension edit
Declension of noun لَيْل (layl)
Derived terms edit
- لَيْلَ نَهَارَ (layla nahāra)
Related terms edit
- لَيْلَة (layla)
References edit
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “ليل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Egyptian Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
ليل • (līl) m (collective, singulative ليلة f (līla), plural ليالي (layālī))
Coordinate terms edit
Hijazi Arabic edit
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ل ي ل |
1 term |
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ليل • (lēl) m (collective, singulative ليلة f (lēla), plural ليالي (layāli))
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
ليل • (līl) f
Moroccan Arabic edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
لَيْل or لِيل • (layl or līl) m (plural ليالي (lyāli))
Derived terms edit
- ليل ونهار (layl u nhār, līl u nhar, “all day long”)
Related terms edit
- ليلة (layla, līla)
Etymology 2 edit
From Arabic لِ (li). The final -l may be due to backformation from the personal forms, themselves derived by reduplication. Compare Maltese lil (“to, with”).
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
ليل • (līl)
Inflection edit
Inflected forms of ليل | |||||
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Base form | ليل (līl) | ||||
Personal-pronoun- including forms |
singular | plural | |||
m | f | ||||
1st person | ليلي (līli) | ليلنا (līlna) | |||
2nd person | ليلك (līlek) | ليلك (līlki) | ليلكم (līlkum) | ||
3rd person | ليله (līlu) | ليلها (līlha) | ليلهم (līlhum) |
South Levantine Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ليل • (lēl) m (collective, singulative ليلة f (lēle), plural ليالي (layāli))