לילה

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Arabic

Noun

לילה • (transliteration needed) f

  1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of لَيْلَة (layla, “night”)‎‎

Hebrew

Etymology

Likely a remnant of the accusative case (used adverbially to mean “at night”) of לַיִל (láyil), from Proto-Semitic *layl-. Cognate with Arabic لَيْل (layl), لَيْلَة (layla), Aramaic לֵילְיָא (lēləyā), Classical Syriac ܠܹܠܝܵܐ (lēlyā).

Pronunciation

Noun

לַיְלָה • (láyla) m (plural indefinite לֵילוֹת, singular construct לֵיל־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form לָיְלָה)

  1. (countable) night (the time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark)
  2. (figuratively) adversity

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