לילה

Arabic

Noun

לילה • (layla) 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

• (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)

1. night: period from nightfall to daybreak
2. (figuratively) adversity

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

• H3915 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible