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لَيْلِيّ
nocturnal /lajˈliː/
adjectiveA2#1199 most common
Also: nightly, of the night, night- (as in night shift, night curfew)
Example sentences
هٰذا طائِرٌ لَيْلِيٌّ.
This is a nocturnal bird.
النَّسيمُ اللَّيْلِيُّ بارِدٌ.
The night breeze is cold.
البُومَةُ طائِرٌ لَيْلِيٌّ يَصطادُ في الظَّلامِ.
The owl is a nocturnal bird that hunts in the dark.
نَظَّمَتِ الجامِعَةُ نَشاطًا لَيْلِيًّا لِمُراقَبَةِ النُّجومِ.
The university organized a nighttime activity to watch the stars.
يُعاني الطِّفلُ مِن فَزَعٍ لَيْلِيٍّ مُتَكَرِّرٍ.
The child suffers from recurrent night terrors.
أَعلَنَتِ الحُكومَةُ حَظرًا لَيْلِيًّا لِلتَّجَوُّلِ خِلالَ الأَزمَةِ.
The government declared a nighttime curfew during the crisis.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | لَيْلِيٌّ | لَيْلِيُّونَ |
| Genitive | لَيْلِيٍّ | لَيْلِيِّينَ |
| Accusative | لَيْلِيًّا | لَيْلِيِّينَ |
| Vocative | يا لَيْلِيُّ | يا لَيْلِيُّونَ |
Word family
Etymology
The word is a relational adjective built from the noun لَيْل (layl), meaning "night." To it Arabic adds the nisba suffix ـِيّ (-ī), which turns a noun into an adjective meaning "pertaining to" that thing. So لَيْلِيّ means "of the night." The root ل-ي-ل is old Semitic, shared widely across the family.
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