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1851, George Borrow, Lavengro: The Scholar-The Gypsy-The Priest:
e'll have quite enough to do in writing his own lils, and telling the world how handsome and clever he was; and who can blame him? Not I. If I could write lils, every word should be about myself and my own tacho Rommanis — my own lawful wedded wife, which is the same thing.
From Arabicلِ(li). The final -l may be due to backformation from the personal forms, themselves derived by reduplication. Compare Moroccan Arabicليل(līl, “for”), North Levantine Arabicلإلي(laʔilli, “to me”), لإلك(laʔillak, “to you”), etc., reduplicated personal forms of ل(la). And compare a similar backformation from the personal forms in Malteselejn.