ليلة
Arabic
editEtymology
editFrom the root ل ي ل (l y l). From Proto-Semitic *layl-. Can be analyzed as a singulative noun, from لَيْل (layl, “nighttime”) + ـَة (-a, singulative suffix). Cognate with Classical Syriac ܠܹܠܝܵܐ (lēlyā), Aramaic לֵילְיָא (lēləyā), Hebrew לַיְלָה (láyla).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editلَيْلَة • (layla) f (plural لَيْلَات (laylāt) or لَيَالٍ (layālin))
- a night
- Antonym: يَوْم (yawm)
- فِي لَيَالٍ كَتَمَتْ سِرَّ ٱلْهَوَى
- fī layālin katamat sirra l-hawā
- In nights that hid the secret of love.
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 69:7:
- سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَى كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ
- saḵḵarahā ʕalayhim sabʕa layālin wa-ṯamāniyata ʔayyāmin ḥusūman fa-tarā l-qawma fīhā ṣarʕā ka-ʔannahum ʔaʕjāzu naḵlin ḵāwiyatin
- Which He imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.
- soiree
Declension
editsingular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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indefinite | definite | construct | |
informal | لَيْلَة layla |
اللَّيْلَة al-layla |
لَيْلَة laylat |
nominative | لَيْلَةٌ laylatun |
اللَّيْلَةُ al-laylatu |
لَيْلَةُ laylatu |
accusative | لَيْلَةً laylatan |
اللَّيْلَةَ al-laylata |
لَيْلَةَ laylata |
genitive | لَيْلَةٍ laylatin |
اللَّيْلَةِ al-laylati |
لَيْلَةِ laylati |
dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
informal | لَيْلَتَيْن laylatayn |
اللَّيْلَتَيْن al-laylatayn |
لَيْلَتَيْ laylatay |
nominative | لَيْلَتَانِ laylatāni |
اللَّيْلَتَانِ al-laylatāni |
لَيْلَتَا laylatā |
accusative | لَيْلَتَيْنِ laylatayni |
اللَّيْلَتَيْنِ al-laylatayni |
لَيْلَتَيْ laylatay |
genitive | لَيْلَتَيْنِ laylatayni |
اللَّيْلَتَيْنِ al-laylatayni |
لَيْلَتَيْ laylatay |
plural | sound feminine plural; broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in) | ||
indefinite | definite | construct | |
informal | لَيْلَات; لَيَالِي laylāt; layālī |
اللَّيْلَات; اللَّيَالِي al-laylāt; al-layālī |
لَيْلَات; لَيَالِي laylāt; layālī |
nominative | لَيْلَاتٌ; لَيَالٍ laylātun; layālin |
اللَّيْلَاتُ; اللَّيَالِي al-laylātu; al-layālī |
لَيْلَاتُ; لَيَالِي laylātu; layālī |
accusative | لَيْلَاتٍ; لَيَالِيَ laylātin; layāliya |
اللَّيْلَاتِ; اللَّيَالِيَ al-laylāti; al-layāliya |
لَيْلَاتِ; لَيَالِيَ laylāti; layāliya |
genitive | لَيْلَاتٍ; لَيَالٍ laylātin; layālin |
اللَّيْلَاتِ; اللَّيَالِي al-laylāti; al-layālī |
لَيْلَاتِ; لَيَالِي laylāti; layālī |
Derived terms
edit- لَيْلَتَئِذٍ (laylataʔiḏin)
Related terms
editReferences
edit- Wehr, Hans (1979) “ليل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Moroccan Arabic
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editلَيْلة or لِيلة • (layla or līla) f (plural لَيْلات (laylāt) or لِيلات (līlāt))
- a night
Derived terms
edit- هاد الليلة (hād el-layla, hād el-līla, “tonight”)
Related terms
edit- ليل (layl, līl, “nighttime”)
South Levantine Arabic
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editليلة • (lēle) f (singulative, collective ليل m (lēl), plural ليالي (layāli))
Derived terms
edit- الليلة (il-lēle, “tonight”)
See also
editCategories:
- Arabic terms belonging to the root ل ي ل
- Arabic terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Arabic singulative nouns
- Arabic terms suffixed with ة (singulative)
- Arabic 2-syllable words
- Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Arabic lemmas
- Arabic nouns
- Arabic feminine nouns
- Arabic terms with usage examples
- Arabic terms with quotations
- Arabic nouns with triptote singular in -a
- Arabic nouns with sound feminine plural
- Arabic nouns with broken plural
- Arabic nouns with diptote broken plural in -in
- ar:Night
- Moroccan Arabic terms inherited from Arabic
- Moroccan Arabic terms derived from Arabic
- Moroccan Arabic 2-syllable words
- Moroccan Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Moroccan Arabic terms with audio pronunciation
- Moroccan Arabic lemmas
- Moroccan Arabic nouns
- Moroccan Arabic feminine nouns
- South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Arabic
- South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Arabic
- South Levantine Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation
- South Levantine Arabic terms with audio pronunciation
- South Levantine Arabic lemmas
- South Levantine Arabic nouns
- South Levantine Arabic singulative nouns
- South Levantine Arabic feminine nouns
- ajp:Time
- ajp:Times of day