"ليلة" meaning in Arabic

See ليلة in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /laj.la/
Etymology: From the root ل ي ل (l y l). From Proto-Semitic *layl-. Can be analyzed as a singulative noun, from لَيْل (layl, “nighttime”) + ـَة (-a, singulative suffix). Cognate with Classical Syriac ܠܹܠܝܵܐ (lēlyā), Aramaic לֵילְיָא (lēləyā), Hebrew לַיְלָה (láyla). Etymology templates: {{ar-root|ل ي ل}} ل ي ل (l y l), {{der|ar|sem-pro|*layl-}} Proto-Semitic *layl-, {{ar-singulative noun|lc=1}} singulative noun, {{affix|ar|لَيْل|ـَة|id2=singulative|pos2=singulative suffix|t1=nighttime}} لَيْل (layl, “nighttime”) + ـَة (-a, singulative suffix), {{cog|syc|ܠܹܠܝܵܐ|tr=lēlyā}} Classical Syriac ܠܹܠܝܵܐ (lēlyā), {{cog|arc|לֵילְיָא|tr=lēləyā}} Aramaic לֵילְיָא (lēləyā), {{cog|he|לַיְלָה|tr=láyla}} Hebrew לַיְלָה (láyla) Head templates: {{ar-noun|لَيْلَة|f|pl=لَيْلَات|pl2=لَيَالٍ}} لَيْلَة • (layla) f (plural لَيْلَات (laylāt) or لَيَالٍ (layālin)) Inflection templates: {{ar-decl-noun|لَيْلَة|pl=sfp|pl2=لَيَالٍ}} Forms: لَيْلَة [canonical], layla [romanization], لَيْلَات [plural], لَيَالٍ [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], لَيْلَة [ar-infl-a, indefinite, informal, singular, triptote], اللَّيْلَة [ar-infl-a, definite, informal, singular, triptote], لَيْلَة [ar-infl-a, construct, informal, singular, triptote], لَيْلَةٌ [ar-infl-a, indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote], اللَّيْلَةُ [ar-infl-a, definite, nominative, singular, triptote], لَيْلَةُ [ar-infl-a, construct, nominative, singular, triptote], لَيْلَةً [accusative, ar-infl-a, indefinite, singular, triptote], اللَّيْلَةَ [accusative, ar-infl-a, definite, singular, triptote], لَيْلَةَ [accusative, ar-infl-a, construct, singular, triptote], لَيْلَةٍ [ar-infl-a, genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote], اللَّيْلَةِ [ar-infl-a, definite, genitive, singular, triptote], لَيْلَةِ [ar-infl-a, construct, genitive, singular, triptote], لَيْلَتَيْن [ar-infl-a, dual, indefinite, informal, singular, triptote], اللَّيْلَتَيْن [ar-infl-a, definite, dual, informal, singular, triptote], لَيْلَتَيْ [ar-infl-a, construct, dual, informal, singular, triptote], لَيْلَتَانِ [ar-infl-a, dual, indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote], اللَّيْلَتَانِ [ar-infl-a, definite, dual, nominative, singular, triptote], لَيْلَتَا [ar-infl-a, construct, dual, nominative, singular, triptote], لَيْلَتَيْنِ [accusative, ar-infl-a, dual, indefinite, singular, triptote], اللَّيْلَتَيْنِ [accusative, ar-infl-a, definite, dual, singular, triptote], لَيْلَتَيْ [accusative, ar-infl-a, construct, dual, singular, triptote], لَيْلَتَيْنِ [ar-infl-a, dual, genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote], اللَّيْلَتَيْنِ [ar-infl-a, definite, dual, genitive, singular, triptote], لَيْلَتَيْ [ar-infl-a, construct, dual, genitive, singular, triptote], لَيْلَات [ar-infl-in, broken-form, diptote, indefinite, informal, plural], لَيْلَات [feminine, indefinite, informal, plural, sound-form], لَيَالِي [ar-infl-in, broken-form, diptote, indefinite, informal, plural], لَيَالِي [feminine, indefinite, informal, plural, sound-form], اللَّيْلَات [ar-infl-in, broken-form, definite, diptote, informal, plural], اللَّيْلَات [definite, feminine, informal, plural, sound-form], اللَّيَالِي [ar-infl-in, broken-form, definite, diptote, informal, plural], اللَّيَالِي [definite, feminine, informal, plural, sound-form], لَيْلَات [ar-infl-in, broken-form, construct, diptote, informal, plural], لَيْلَات [construct, feminine, informal, plural, sound-form], لَيَالِي [ar-infl-in, broken-form, construct, diptote, informal, plural], لَيَالِي [construct, feminine, informal, plural, sound-form], لَيْلَاتٌ [ar-infl-in, broken-form, diptote, indefinite, nominative, plural], لَيْلَاتٌ [feminine, indefinite, nominative, plural, sound-form], لَيَالٍ [ar-infl-in, broken-form, diptote, indefinite, nominative, plural], لَيَالٍ [feminine, indefinite, nominative, plural, sound-form], اللَّيْلَاتُ [ar-infl-in, broken-form, definite, diptote, nominative, plural], اللَّيْلَاتُ [definite, feminine, nominative, plural, sound-form], اللَّيَالِي [ar-infl-in, broken-form, definite, diptote, nominative, plural], اللَّيَالِي [definite, feminine, nominative, plural, sound-form], لَيْلَاتُ [ar-infl-in, broken-form, construct, diptote, nominative, plural], لَيْلَاتُ [construct, feminine, nominative, plural, sound-form], لَيَالِي [ar-infl-in, broken-form, construct, diptote, nominative, plural], لَيَالِي [construct, feminine, nominative, plural, sound-form], لَيْلَاتٍ [accusative, ar-infl-in, broken-form, diptote, indefinite, plural], لَيْلَاتٍ [accusative, feminine, indefinite, plural, sound-form], لَيَالِيَ [accusative, ar-infl-in, broken-form, diptote, indefinite, plural], لَيَالِيَ [accusative, feminine, indefinite, plural, sound-form], اللَّيْلَاتِ [accusative, ar-infl-in, broken-form, definite, diptote, plural], اللَّيْلَاتِ [accusative, definite, feminine, plural, sound-form], اللَّيَالِيَ [accusative, ar-infl-in, broken-form, definite, diptote, plural], اللَّيَالِيَ [accusative, definite, feminine, plural, sound-form], لَيْلَاتِ [accusative, ar-infl-in, broken-form, construct, diptote, plural], لَيْلَاتِ [accusative, construct, feminine, plural, sound-form], لَيَالِيَ [accusative, ar-infl-in, broken-form, construct, diptote, plural], لَيَالِيَ [accusative, construct, feminine, plural, sound-form], لَيْلَاتٍ [ar-infl-in, broken-form, diptote, genitive, indefinite, plural], لَيْلَاتٍ [feminine, genitive, indefinite, plural, sound-form], لَيَالٍ [ar-infl-in, broken-form, diptote, genitive, indefinite, plural], لَيَالٍ [feminine, genitive, indefinite, plural, sound-form], اللَّيْلَاتِ [ar-infl-in, broken-form, definite, diptote, genitive, plural], اللَّيْلَاتِ [definite, feminine, genitive, plural, sound-form], اللَّيَالِي [ar-infl-in, broken-form, definite, diptote, genitive, plural], اللَّيَالِي [definite, feminine, genitive, plural, sound-form], لَيْلَاتِ [ar-infl-in, broken-form, construct, diptote, genitive, plural], لَيْلَاتِ [construct, feminine, genitive, plural, sound-form], لَيَالِي [ar-infl-in, broken-form, construct, diptote, genitive, plural], لَيَالِي [construct, feminine, genitive, plural, sound-form]
  1. a night
    Sense id: en-ليلة-ar-noun-TMEuHJuI Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic nouns with broken plural, Arabic nouns with diptote broken plural in -in, Arabic nouns with sound feminine plural, Arabic nouns with triptote singular in -a, Arabic terms belonging to the root ل ي ل, Arabic terms suffixed with ة (singulative), Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Night Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with broken plural: 50 50 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with diptote broken plural in -in: 50 50 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with sound feminine plural: 50 50 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with triptote singular in -a: 50 50 Disambiguation of Arabic terms belonging to the root ل ي ل: 50 50 Disambiguation of Arabic terms suffixed with ة (singulative): 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Night: 100 0
  2. soiree
    Sense id: en-ليلة-ar-noun-4v-ePCVu Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic nouns with broken plural, Arabic nouns with diptote broken plural in -in, Arabic nouns with sound feminine plural, Arabic nouns with triptote singular in -a, Arabic terms belonging to the root ل ي ل, Arabic terms suffixed with ة (singulative), Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with broken plural: 50 50 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with diptote broken plural in -in: 50 50 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with sound feminine plural: 50 50 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with triptote singular in -a: 50 50 Disambiguation of Arabic terms belonging to the root ل ي ل: 50 50 Disambiguation of Arabic terms suffixed with ة (singulative): 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: لَيْلَتَئِذٍ (laylataʔiḏin) Related terms: لَيْل (layl), لَيْلَى (laylā) 
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "laylataʔiḏin",
      "word": "لَيْلَتَئِذٍ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ل ي ل"
      },
      "expansion": "ل ي ل (l y l)",
      "name": "ar-root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*layl-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *layl-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "lc": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "singulative noun",
      "name": "ar-singulative noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "لَيْل",
        "3": "ـَة",
        "id2": "singulative",
        "pos2": "singulative suffix",
        "t1": "nighttime"
      },
      "expansion": "لَيْل (layl, “nighttime”) + ـَة (-a, singulative suffix)",
      "name": "affix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "syc",
        "2": "ܠܹܠܝܵܐ",
        "tr": "lēlyā"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Syriac ܠܹܠܝܵܐ (lēlyā)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
        "2": "לֵילְיָא",
        "tr": "lēləyā"
      },
      "expansion": "Aramaic לֵילְיָא (lēləyā)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "לַיְלָה",
        "tr": "láyla"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew לַיְלָה (láyla)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the root ل ي ل (l y l). From Proto-Semitic *layl-. Can be analyzed as a singulative noun, from لَيْل (layl, “nighttime”) + ـَة (-a, singulative suffix). Cognate with Classical Syriac ܠܹܠܝܵܐ (lēlyā), Aramaic לֵילְיָא (lēləyā), Hebrew לַיְלָה (láyla).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "لَيْلَة",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "layla",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلَات",
      "roman": "laylāt",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيَالٍ",
      "roman": "layālin",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ar-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلَة",
      "roman": "layla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّيْلَة",
      "roman": "al-layla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلَة",
      "roman": "laylat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلَةٌ",
      "roman": "laylatun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّيْلَةُ",
      "roman": "al-laylatu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلَةُ",
      "roman": "laylatu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلَةً",
      "roman": "laylatan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "ar-infl-a",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّيْلَةَ",
      "roman": "al-laylata",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلَةَ",
      "roman": "laylata",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلَةٍ",
      "roman": "laylatin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّيْلَةِ",
      "roman": "al-laylati",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلَةِ",
      "roman": "laylati",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلَتَيْن",
      "roman": "laylatayn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "dual",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّيْلَتَيْن",
      "roman": "al-laylatayn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلَتَيْ",
      "roman": "laylatay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلَتَانِ",
      "roman": "laylatāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "dual",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّيْلَتَانِ",
      "roman": "al-laylatāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلَتَا",
      "roman": "laylatā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلَتَيْنِ",
      "roman": "laylatayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "ar-infl-a",
        "dual",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّيْلَتَيْنِ",
      "roman": "al-laylatayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلَتَيْ",
      "roman": "laylatay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلَتَيْنِ",
      "roman": "laylatayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّيْلَتَيْنِ",
      "roman": "al-laylatayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلَتَيْ",
      "roman": "laylatay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-a",
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلَات",
      "roman": "laylāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-in",
        "broken-form",
        "diptote",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلَات",
      "roman": "laylāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيَالِي",
      "roman": "layālī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-in",
        "broken-form",
        "diptote",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيَالِي",
      "roman": "layālī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّيْلَات",
      "roman": "al-laylāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-in",
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "diptote",
        "informal",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّيْلَات",
      "roman": "al-laylāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّيَالِي",
      "roman": "al-layālī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-in",
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "diptote",
        "informal",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّيَالِي",
      "roman": "al-layālī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلَات",
      "roman": "laylāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-in",
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "diptote",
        "informal",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلَات",
      "roman": "laylāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "feminine",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيَالِي",
      "roman": "layālī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-in",
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "diptote",
        "informal",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيَالِي",
      "roman": "layālī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "feminine",
        "informal",
        "plural",
        "sound-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلَاتٌ",
      "roman": "laylātun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ar-infl-in",
        "broken-form",
        "diptote",
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      "word": "لَيْل"
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      "word": "لَيْلَى"
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          "english": "In nights that hid the secret of love.",
          "roman": "fī layālin katamat sirra l-hawā",
          "text": "فِي لَيَالٍ كَتَمَتْ سِرَّ ٱلْهَوَى",
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          "english": "Which He imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.",
          "ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 69:7:",
          "roman": "saḵḵarahā ʕalayhim sabʕa layālin wa-ṯamāniyata ʔayyāmin ḥusūman fa-tarā l-qawma fīhā ṣarʕā ka-ʔannahum ʔaʕjāzu naḵlin ḵāwiyatin",
          "text": "سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَى كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ",
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          "english": "By the dawn. And [by] ten nights",
          "ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 89:1-2:",
          "roman": "wa-l-fajri wa-layālin ʕašrin",
          "text": "وَٱلْفَجْرِ وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ",
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      "ipa": "/laj.la/"
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}

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    "Arabic feminine nouns",
    "Arabic lemmas",
    "Arabic nouns",
    "Arabic nouns with broken plural",
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      "name": "der"
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    {
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        "2": "ܠܹܠܝܵܐ",
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  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "لَيْل"
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              9
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              3,
              10
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              11
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          "english": "In nights that hid the secret of love.",
          "roman": "fī layālin katamat sirra l-hawā",
          "text": "فِي لَيَالٍ كَتَمَتْ سِرَّ ٱلْهَوَى",
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              43
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              36
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          "english": "Which He imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.",
          "ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 69:7:",
          "roman": "saḵḵarahā ʕalayhim sabʕa layālin wa-ṯamāniyata ʔayyāmin ḥusūman fa-tarā l-qawma fīhā ṣarʕā ka-ʔannahum ʔaʕjāzu naḵlin ḵāwiyatin",
          "text": "سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَى كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ",
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        {
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              26,
              32
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              21
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          "english": "By the dawn. And [by] ten nights",
          "ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 89:1-2:",
          "roman": "wa-l-fajri wa-layālin ʕašrin",
          "text": "وَٱلْفَجْرِ وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a night"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "night",
          "night"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "soiree"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soiree",
          "soiree"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/laj.la/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ليلة"
}

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