ليل

Algerian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic لَيْل (layl), from Proto-Semitic *laylay- (night).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liːl/

Noun

ليل (līl) m (plural ليالي (lyāli))

  1. nighttime, night
    Antonym: نهار (nhār)

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lajl/
  • (file)

Noun

لَيْل • (layl) m (usually uncountable)

  1. nighttime, night
    Antonym: نَهَار (nahār)
  2. (countable, obsolete) chick of a bustard (حُبَارَى (ḥubārā)) and/or curlew (كَرَوَان (karawān))
  3. (countable, obsolete) bustard hen; bustard in general

Declension

Derived terms

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 f (līla), plural ليالي (layālī))

  1. nighttime, night
    الدنيا بقيت ليلid-dinyā baʾyit līlNight came.
    الليلة ديil-līlatoday

Coordinate terms

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ل ي ل
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic لَيْل (layl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleːl/, [ˈle̞ːl]

Noun

ليل • (lēl) m (collective, singulative ليلة f (lēla), plural ليالي (layāli))

  1. nighttime, night

Etymology 2

From French Lille.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliːl/

Proper noun

ليل • (līl) f

  1. Lille (a city in France)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic لَيْل (layl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lajl/, /liːl/
  • (file)

Noun

لَيْل or لِيل • (layl or līl) m (plural ليالي (lyāli))

  1. nighttime, night
Derived terms
  • ليل ونهار (layl u nhār, līl u nhar, all day long)

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)

  1. for
    Synonym: ل (li)
Inflection
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 Arabic

القدس في الليلJerusalem at night

Etymology

From Arabic لَيْل (layl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leːl/, [leːl]
  • (file)

Noun

ليل • (lēl) m (collective, singulative ليلة f (lēle), plural ليالي (layāli))

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

See also

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