لية

See also: ليه

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.ja/

Noun

لِيَة • (liya) f (obsolete)

1. closeness, verbal noun of وَلِيَ (waliya)

   Alternative form: إِلْيَة (ʔilya)

   • a. 1229, Yāqūt al-Ḥamawīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, كتاب معجم البلدان [kitāb muʿjam al-buldān]‎^[1], volume 4, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, published 1869, page 376 l. 11:

Declension

Declension of noun لِيَة (liya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لِيَة liya	اللِّيَة al-liya	لِيَة liyat
Nominative	لِيَةٌ liyatun	اللِّيَةُ al-liyatu	لِيَةُ liyatu
Accusative	لِيَةً liyatan	اللِّيَةَ al-liyata	لِيَةَ liyata
Genitive	لِيَةٍ liyatin	اللِّيَةِ al-liyati	لِيَةِ liyati

Further reading

• Nöldeke, Theodor (1930) “لية”, in Jörg Kraemer, editor, Belegwörterbuch zur klassischen arabischen Sprache, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, published 1952–1953, Fascicles 1 and 2 (Only Alif), page 37a

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic أَلْيَة (ʔalya).

Noun

لِيِّة • (liyye) f (uncountable)

1. tail fat of a sheep

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic أَلْيَة (ʔalya).

Noun

لِيِّة • (liyya) f (uncountable)

1. tail fat of a sheep