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لَيْلَة
night /ˈlaj.la/
nounA1#135 most common
Also: a night, evening, one night's time
Example sentences
لَيْلَةٌ سَعِيدَةٌ.
Good night.
نِمْتُ لَيْلَةً وَاحِدَةً في هذا الفُنْدُق.
I slept one night in this hotel.
قَضَيْنا لَيْلَةً جَمِيلَةً مَعَ الأَصْدِقاء.
We spent a lovely night with friends.
في كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ يَقْرَأُ كِتاباً قَبْلَ النَّوْم.
Every night he reads a book before sleeping.
لَيْلَةُ القَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفِ شَهْر.
The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months.
كانَتْ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةُ مِنْ أَطْوَلِ اللَّيالي الَّتي مَرَّتْ عَلَيَّ.
That night was one of the longest nights I have ever endured.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | لَيْلَةٌ | لَيالٍ |
| Genitive | لَيْلَةٍ | لَيالٍ |
| Accusative | لَيْلَةً | لَيالِيَ |
| Vocative | يا لَيْلَةُ | يا لَيالِي |
Word family
لَيْلnight, nighttimeلَيْلِيّnocturnal, nightly
لَيْلًاat night, by night
لَيْلَة القَدْرthe Night of Decree
Etymology
لَيْلَة comes from the Proto-Semitic root for night. It is the unit noun of لَيْل, naming one single night rather than nighttime in general. The same root runs across the Semitic languages, including Hebrew laylah and Aramaic lelya. The word has no Indo-European origin.
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