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/

• Audio:

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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

Declension of noun لَيْل (layl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	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 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

• نهار (nahār, “daytime”)
• يوم (yūm, “day”)

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/

• Audio:

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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”)

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)

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]

• Audio (Amman):

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Noun

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

1. night, nighttime

   Antonym: نهار (nhār)

   نصّ الليل ― noṣṣ il-lēl ― midnight

   Audio (Ramallah):

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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)}