ArabicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From the root ل ي ل(l-y-l). From Proto-Semitic *layl-.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /lajl/
  • (file)

NounEdit

لَيْل (laylm (usually uncountable)

  1. nighttime, night
    Antonym: نَهَار(nahār)

DeclensionEdit

Derived termsEdit

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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

From Arabic لَيْل(layl).

NounEdit

ليل (līlm (collective, singulative ليلة(līla), plural ليالي(layālī))

  1. nighttime, night
    الدنيا بقيت ليل‎‎ ― id-dinyā baʾyit līlNight came.
    الليلة دي‎ ― il-līlatoday

Coordinate termsEdit

Hijazi ArabicEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Arabic لَيْل(layl).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈleːl/, [ˈle̞ːl]

NounEdit

ليل (lēlm (collective, singulative ليلة‎ f (lēla), plural ليالي(layāli))

  1. nighttime, night

Etymology 2Edit

From French Lille.

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

ليل (līlf

  1. Lille (a city in France)

Moroccan ArabicEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Arabic لَيْل(layl).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

لَيْل or لِيل (layl or līlm (plural ليالي(lyāli))

  1. nighttime, night
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit

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)

  1. for
    Synonym: ل(li)
InflectionEdit
Inflected forms of ليل
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

 
القدس في الليل‎ ― Jerusalem at night

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic لَيْل(layl).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ليل (lēlm (collective, singulative ليلة‎ f (lēle), plural ليالي(layāli))

  1. night, nighttime
    Antonym: نهار(nhār)
    نصّ الليل‎ ― noṣṣ il-lēlmidnight
    (file)

See alsoEdit