Maltese

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Root
l-j-l
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Etymology

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From Arabic نِصْف اللَّيْل (niṣf al-layl, midnight). By surface analysis, nofs +‎ il- +‎ lejl.

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Noun

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nofsillejl m

  1. midnight
    • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:
      Ja Sena Ġdida,
      għalkemm mal-wasla tiegħek
      sew f’nofs il-lejl
      int sibtni nidħaq ġewwa nofs il-ballu
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)