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لَيْل
night /ˈlajl/
nounA1#387 most common
Also: nighttime, the night hours
Example sentences
اللَّيْلُ جَمِيلٌ.
The night is beautiful.
نَنَامُ فِي اللَّيْلِ.
We sleep at night.
قَضَيْتُ اللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ أَقْرَأُ.
I spent the whole night reading.
يُسَافِرُ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ فِي اللَّيْلِ لِتَجَنُّبِ الحَرَارَةِ.
Many people travel at night to avoid the heat.
خَيَّمَ اللَّيْلُ عَلَى المَدِينَةِ وَسَادَ الصَّمْتُ.
Night fell over the city and silence prevailed.
فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ، حِينَ يَنَامُ الجَمِيعُ، تَتَجَلَّى أَفْكَارُهُ الأَعْمَقُ.
In the dead of night, when everyone is asleep, his deepest thoughts surface.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | لَيْلٌ | لَيَالٍ |
| Genitive | لَيْلٍ | لَيَالٍ |
| Accusative | لَيْلًا | لَيَالِيَ |
| Vocative | يَا لَيْلُ | يَا لَيَالِي |
Word family
Etymology
لَيْل comes from an old Semitic word for night. The same root gives Hebrew laylah and Aramaic lēlyā. It names the dark hours from sunset to dawn.
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