לילה

Arabic

Noun

לילה • (layla) f

1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of لَيْلَة (layla, “night”)‎‎

Hebrew

Etymology

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

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈlaj.la/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): [ˈlɔːjlɔː]

Noun

לָיְלָה • (láyla) m (plural indefinite לֵילוֹת, singular construct לֵיל־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form לָיְלָה)

1. (countable) night (the time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark)
2. (figuratively) adversity

Synonyms

• לַיִל (láyil)

Derived terms

• 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)

References

• H3915 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible