לילה
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Arabic
[edit]Noun
[edit]לילה • (transliteration needed) f
- Judeo-Arabic spelling of لَيْلَة (layla, “night”)
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Likely a remnant of the accusative case (used adverbially to mean “at night”) of לַיִל (láyil), from Proto-Semitic *layl-. Cognate with Arabic لَيْل (layl), لَيْلَة (layla), Aramaic לֵילְיָא (lēləyā), Classical Syriac ܠܹܠܝܵܐ (lēlyā).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈlaj.la/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): [ˈlɔːjlɔː]
Noun
[edit]לַיְלָה • (láyla) m (plural indefinite לֵילוֹת, singular construct לֵיל־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form לָיְלָה)
- (countable) night (the time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark)
- (figuratively) adversity
Synonyms
[edit]- לַיִל (láyil)
Derived terms
[edit]- הַלַּיְלָה (haláyla)
- חֲצוֹת הַלַּיְלָה (khatsòt-haláyla)
- חֲצִי הַלַּיְלָה (khatsì-haláyla)
- יוֹמָם וָלַיְלָה (yomám valáyla)
- לַיְלָה טוֹב (láyla tóv)
- לַיְלָה לָבָן (láyla laván)
- לֵילִי (leilí)
- לֵיל כָּל הַקְּדוֹשִׁים
- קרי לילה (keri layla)
References
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- Arabic lemmas
- Arabic nouns
- Arabic feminine nouns
- Judeo-Arabic
- Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic
- Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic
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- Hebrew masculine nouns with plurals ending in ־ות
- Hebrew masculine nouns ending in ־ה
- Hebrew masculine nouns
- Hebrew countable nouns
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