ܠܠܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

• ܠܘܿܠܵܝ (lōlāy)

Etymology

Children’s language and derived from ܠܲܝܠܹܐ (laylē, “night, nighttime”)

Pronunciation

• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [lallaːjeː]

Noun

ܠܲܠܵܝܹܐ • (lallāyē) ?

1. (childish) bedtime, sleep

Interjection

ܠܲܠܵܝܹܐ • (lallāyē)

1. (childish) bedtime! let’s go sleep!

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *layl-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [leljɑ], [lɛljɑ]

Noun

ܠܹܠܝܵܐ • (lēlyā) m (plural ܠܝܠܘܬܐ or ܠܝܠܐ)

1. night

Usage notes

• The construct state of this word is not used.

Inflection

Inflection of ܠܠܝܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܠܠܝ ,ܠܝܠܝ ,ܠܝܠܐ		1st person	ܠܠܝܝ		ܠܠܝܢ
	construct	(ܠܠܝ ,ܠܝܠܝ ,ܠܝܠܐ)		2nd person	ܠܠܝܟ	ܠܠܝܟܝ	ܠܠܝܟܘܢ	ܠܠܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܠܠܝܐ		3rd person	ܠܠܝܗ	ܠܠܝܗ	ܠܠܝܗܘܢ	ܠܠܝܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܠܝܠܘܢ ,ܠܝܠܝܢ		1st person	ܠܝܠܘܬܝ ,ܠܝܠܝ		ܠܝܠܘܬܢ ,ܠܝܠܝܢ
	construct	(ܠܝܠܘܬ ,ܠܝܠܝ)		2nd person	ܠܝܠܘܬܟ ,ܠܝܠܝܟ	ܠܝܠܘܬܟܝ ,ܠܝܠܝܟܝ	ܠܝܠܘܬܟܘܢ ,ܠܝܠܝܟܘܢ	ܠܝܠܘܬܟܝܢ ,ܠܝܠܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܠܝܠܘܬܐ ,ܠܝܠܐ		3rd person	ܠܝܠܘܬܗ ,ܠܝܠܘܗܝ	ܠܝܠܘܬܗ ,ܠܝܠܝܗ	ܠܝܠܘܬܗܘܢ ,ܠܝܠܝܗܘܢ	ܠܝܠܘܬܗܝܢ ,ܠܝܠܝܗܝܢ

Antonyms

• ܐܝܡܡܐ

Derived terms

• ܒܪ ܠܠܝܐ
• ܠܝܠܝ ܐܝܡܡ
• ܠܝܠܝܐ
• ܦܠܓܘܬ ܠܠܝܐ

References

• “lyly”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 172b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 242b
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 691a