לילה
Arabic
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
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈlaj.la/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): [ˈlaːjlɔː]
Noun
לַיְלָה • (láyla) m (plural indefinite לֵילוֹת, singular construct לֵיל־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form לָיְלָה)
Synonyms
- לַיִל (láyil)
Derived terms
- הַלַּיְלָה (haláyla)
- חֲצוֹת הַלַּיְלָה (khatsòt-haláyla)
- חֲצִי הַלַּיְלָה (khatsì-haláyla)
- יוֹמָם וָלַיְלָה (yomám valáyla)
- לַיְלָה טוֹב (láyla tóv)
- לַיְלָה לָבָן (láyla laván)
- לֵילִי (leilí)
- לֵיל כָּל הַקְּדוֹשִׁים
- קרי לילה (keri layla)
References
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.