"ليل" meaning in Arabic

See ليل in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lajl/ Audio: Ar-ليل.ogg
Etymology: From the root ل ي ل (l y l). From Proto-Semitic *layl-. Etymology templates: {{ar-root|ل ي ل}} ل ي ل (l y l), {{inh|ar|sem-pro|*layl-}} Proto-Semitic *layl- Head templates: {{ar-noun|لَيْل|m|pl=-}} لَيْل • (layl) m (usually uncountable) Inflection templates: {{ar-decl-noun|لَيْل}} Forms: لَيْل [canonical], layl [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], لَيْل [indefinite, informal, singular, triptote], اللَّيْل [definite, informal, singular, triptote], لَيْل [construct, informal, singular, triptote], لَيْلٌ [indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote], اللَّيْلُ [definite, nominative, singular, triptote], لَيْلُ [construct, nominative, singular, triptote], لَيْلًا [accusative, indefinite, singular, triptote], اللَّيْلَ [accusative, definite, singular, triptote], لَيْلَ [accusative, construct, singular, triptote], لَيْلٍ [genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote], اللَّيْلِ [definite, genitive, singular, triptote], لَيْلِ [construct, genitive, singular, triptote]
  1. nighttime, night Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-ليل-ar-noun-oo898aHV Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular, Arabic terms belonging to the root ل ي ل, Night Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 47 28 26 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular: 38 31 31 Disambiguation of Arabic terms belonging to the root ل ي ل: 48 27 25 Disambiguation of Night: 100 0 0
  2. (countable, obsolete) chick of a bustard (حُبَارَى (ḥubārā)) and/or curlew (كَرَوَان (karawān)) Tags: countable, obsolete, usually
    Sense id: en-ليل-ar-noun-KM6vU7Uu Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular, Arabic terms belonging to the root ل ي ل, Baby animals, Birds Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 47 28 26 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular: 38 31 31 Disambiguation of Arabic terms belonging to the root ل ي ل: 48 27 25 Disambiguation of Baby animals: 17 66 17 Disambiguation of Birds: 7 47 46
  3. (countable, obsolete) bustard hen; bustard in general Tags: countable, obsolete, usually
    Sense id: en-ليل-ar-noun-cQ3kTg1s Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular, Arabic terms belonging to the root ل ي ل, Birds, Times of day Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 47 28 26 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular: 38 31 31 Disambiguation of Arabic terms belonging to the root ل ي ل: 48 27 25 Disambiguation of Birds: 7 47 46 Disambiguation of Times of day: 28 31 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: لَيْلَ نَهَارَ (layla nahāra) Related terms: لَيْلَة (layla)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "layla nahāra",
      "word": "لَيْلَ نَهَارَ"
    }
  ],
  "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": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the root ل ي ل (l y l). From Proto-Semitic *layl-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "لَيْل",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "layl",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ar-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْل",
      "roman": "layl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّيْل",
      "roman": "al-layl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْل",
      "roman": "layl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلٌ",
      "roman": "laylun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّيْلُ",
      "roman": "al-laylu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلُ",
      "roman": "laylu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلًا",
      "roman": "laylan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّيْلَ",
      "roman": "al-layla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلَ",
      "roman": "layla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "construct",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلٍ",
      "roman": "laylin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّيْلِ",
      "roman": "al-layli",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلِ",
      "roman": "layli",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "لَيْل",
        "2": "m",
        "pl": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "لَيْل • (layl) m (usually uncountable)",
      "name": "ar-noun"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "لَيْل"
      },
      "name": "ar-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "layla",
      "word": "لَيْلَة"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "نَهَار"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "47 28 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 31 31",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 27 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic terms belonging to the root ل ي ل",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ar",
          "name": "Night",
          "orig": "ar:Night",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nighttime, night"
      ],
      "id": "en-ليل-ar-noun-oo898aHV",
      "links": [
        [
          "nighttime",
          "nighttime"
        ],
        [
          "night",
          "night"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "47 28 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 31 31",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 27 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic terms belonging to the root ل ي ل",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 66 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ar",
          "name": "Baby animals",
          "orig": "ar:Baby animals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 47 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ar",
          "name": "Birds",
          "orig": "ar:Birds",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chick of a bustard (حُبَارَى (ḥubārā)) and/or curlew (كَرَوَان (karawān))"
      ],
      "id": "en-ليل-ar-noun-KM6vU7Uu",
      "links": [
        [
          "chick",
          "chick"
        ],
        [
          "bustard",
          "bustard"
        ],
        [
          "حُبَارَى",
          "حبارى#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "curlew",
          "curlew"
        ],
        [
          "كَرَوَان",
          "كروان#Arabic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable, obsolete) chick of a bustard (حُبَارَى (ḥubārā)) and/or curlew (كَرَوَان (karawān))"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "47 28 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 31 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 27 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic terms belonging to the root ل ي ل",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 47 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ar",
          "name": "Birds",
          "orig": "ar:Birds",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 31 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ar",
          "name": "Times of day",
          "orig": "ar:Times of day",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bustard hen; bustard in general"
      ],
      "id": "en-ليل-ar-noun-cQ3kTg1s",
      "links": [
        [
          "bustard",
          "bustard"
        ],
        [
          "hen",
          "hen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable, obsolete) bustard hen; bustard in general"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lajl/"
    },
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      "audio": "Ar-ليل.ogg",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "ليل"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Arabic 1-syllable words",
    "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Arabic lemmas",
    "Arabic masculine nouns",
    "Arabic nouns",
    "Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular",
    "Arabic palindromes",
    "Arabic terms belonging to the root ل ي ل",
    "Arabic terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
    "Arabic terms inherited from Proto-Semitic",
    "Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Arabic uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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    "ar:Birds",
    "ar:Night",
    "ar:Times of day"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "layla nahāra",
      "word": "لَيْلَ نَهَارَ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ل ي ل"
      },
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      "name": "ar-root"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
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        "3": "*layl-"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the root ل ي ل (l y l). From Proto-Semitic *layl-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "لَيْل",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "layl",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْل",
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        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّيْل",
      "roman": "al-layl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْل",
      "roman": "layl",
      "source": "declension",
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        "construct",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلٌ",
      "roman": "laylun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّيْلُ",
      "roman": "al-laylu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلُ",
      "roman": "laylu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلًا",
      "roman": "laylan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّيْلَ",
      "roman": "al-layla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلَ",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "construct",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلٍ",
      "roman": "laylin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "اللَّيْلِ",
      "roman": "al-layli",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لَيْلِ",
      "roman": "layli",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "لَيْل",
        "2": "m",
        "pl": "-"
      },
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      "name": "ar-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "لَيْل"
      },
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  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "layla",
      "word": "لَيْلَة"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "نَهَار"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nighttime, night"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nighttime",
          "nighttime"
        ],
        [
          "night",
          "night"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic countable nouns",
        "Arabic terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chick of a bustard (حُبَارَى (ḥubārā)) and/or curlew (كَرَوَان (karawān))"
      ],
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        [
          "chick",
          "chick"
        ],
        [
          "bustard",
          "bustard"
        ],
        [
          "حُبَارَى",
          "حبارى#Arabic"
        ],
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          "curlew",
          "curlew"
        ],
        [
          "كَرَوَان",
          "كروان#Arabic"
        ]
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        "(countable, obsolete) chick of a bustard (حُبَارَى (ḥubārā)) and/or curlew (كَرَوَان (karawān))"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic countable nouns",
        "Arabic terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bustard hen; bustard in general"
      ],
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        [
          "bustard",
          "bustard"
        ],
        [
          "hen",
          "hen"
        ]
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        "(countable, obsolete) bustard hen; bustard in general"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/lajl/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "ليل"
}

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