ليل
Algerian Arabic
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Semitic *laylay- (“night”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liːl/
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ل ي ل (l-y-l). From Proto-Semitic *layl-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lajl/
Audio (file)
Noun
لَيْل • (layl) m (usually uncountable)
Declension
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
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 Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Hijazi Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ل ي ل |
| 1 term |
Etymology 1
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈleːl/, [ˈle̞ːl]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliːl/
Moroccan Arabic
Etymology 1
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lajl/, /liːl/
Audio (file)
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/
Inflection
| Inflected forms of ليل | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base form | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | ||||
| 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

Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /leːl/, [leːl]
Audio (Amman) (file)
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”), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (Category: ajp:Times of day)