Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Children’s language and derived from ܠܲܝܠܹܐ (laylē, night, nighttime)

Pronunciation edit

  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [lallaːjeː]

Noun edit

ܠܲܠܵܝܹܐ (lallāyē?

  1. (childish) bedtime, sleep

Interjection edit

ܠܲܠܵܝܹܐ (lallāyē)

  1. (childish) bedtime! let’s go sleep!

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Semitic *layl-.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܠܹܠܝܵܐ (lēlyām (plural ܠܝܠܘܬܐ or ܠܝܠܐ)

  1. night

Usage notes edit

  • The construct state of this word is not used.

Inflection edit

Antonyms edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • lyly”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 172b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 242b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 691a