ليل
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ل ي ل (l-y-l). From Proto-Semitic *layl-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lajl/
Audio (file)
Noun
لَيْل • (layl) m (usually uncountable)
- nighttime, night
- Antonym: نَهَار (nahār)
Declension
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | لَيْل layl | اللَّيْل al-layl | لَيْل layl |
Nominative | لَيْلٌ laylun | اللَّيْلُ al-laylu | لَيْلُ laylu |
Accusative | لَيْلًا laylan | اللَّيْلَ al-layla | لَيْلَ layla |
Genitive | لَيْلٍ laylin | اللَّيْلِ al-layli | لَيْلِ layli |
Derived terms
- لَيْلَ نَهَارَ (layla nahāra)
Related terms
- لَيْلَة (layla)
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “ليل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Egyptian Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic لَيْل (layl).
Noun
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 terms
- نهار (nahār, “daytime”)
- يوم (yūm, “day”)
Hijazi Arabic
Etymology 1
From Arabic لَيْل (layl).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈleːl/, [ˈle̞ːl]
Noun
ليل • (lēl) m (collective, singulative ليلة f (lēla), plural ليالي (layāli))
- nighttime, night
Etymology 2
From French Lille.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliːl/
Proper noun
ليل • (līl) f
- Lille (a city in France)
Moroccan Arabic
Etymology 1
From Arabic لَيْل (layl).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lajl/, /liːl/
Audio (file)
Noun
لَيْل or لِيل • (layl or līl) m (plural ليالي (lyāli))
- nighttime, night
Derived terms
- ليل ونهار (layl u nhār, līl u nhar, “all day long”)
Related terms
- ليلة (layla, līla)
Etymology 2
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liːl/
Preposition
ليل • (līl)
- for
- Synonym: ل (li)
Inflection
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 Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic لَيْل (layl).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /leːl/, [leːl]
Audio (Amman) (file)
Noun
ليل • (lēl) m (collective, singulative ليلة f (lēle), plural ليالي (layāli))
- night, nighttime
- Antonym: نهار (nhār)
- نصّ الليل ― noṣṣ il-lēl ― midnight
Audio (Ramallah) (file)
See also
- (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)