ليل
ArabicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the root ل ي ل (l-y-l). From Proto-Semitic *layl-.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
لَيْل • (layl) m (usually uncountable)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of noun لَيْل (layl)
Derived termsEdit
- لَيْلَ نَهَارَ (layla nahāra)
Related termsEdit
- لَيْلَة (layla)
ReferencesEdit
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “ليل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Egyptian ArabicEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
ليل • (līl) m (collective, singulative ليلة (līla), plural ليالي (layālī))
- nighttime, night
- الدنيا بقيت ليل ― id-dinyā baʾyit līl ― Night came.
- الليلة دي ― il-līla dī ― today
Coordinate termsEdit
Hijazi ArabicEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ليل • (lēl) m (collective, singulative ليلة f (lēla), plural ليالي (layāli))
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
ليل • (līl) f
Moroccan ArabicEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
لَيْل or لِيل • (layl or līl) m (plural ليالي (lyāli))
Derived termsEdit
- ليل ونهار (layl u nhār, līl u nhar, “all day long”)
Related termsEdit
- ليلة (layla, līla)
Etymology 2Edit
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”).
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
ليل • (līl)
InflectionEdit
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 ArabicEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ليل • (lēl) m (collective, singulative ليلة f (lēle), plural ليالي (layāli))
See alsoEdit
- (times of day) أوقات اليوم (ʔawʔāt il-yōm); نهار (nhār, “daytime”), فجر (fajr, “dawn”), صبحية (ṣabaḥiyye, “early morning”), صبح (ṣubḥ, “morning”), ضهر (ḍuhr, “noon”), عصر (ʕaṣr, “late afternoon”), مغرب (maḡreb, “sunset”), مسا (masa, “evening”), ليل (lēl, “nighttime”) (Category: ajp:Times of day)