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 ليل ― id-dinyā baʾyit līl ― Night came.
    الليلة دي ― il-līla dī ― today

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 الليل ― Jerusalem 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 الليل ― noṣṣ il-lēl ― midnight
    (file)

See also

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