"לילה" meaning in Hebrew

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlaj.la/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew], [ˈlɔːjlɔː] [Tiberian-Hebrew] Forms: לַיְלָה [canonical], láyla [romanization], לֵילוֹת [indefinite, plural], לֵיל־ [construct, singular], form לָיְלָה [Biblical-Hebrew, pausal]
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). Etymology templates: {{inh|he|sem-pro|*layl-}} Proto-Semitic *layl-, {{cog|ar|لَيْل}} Arabic لَيْل (layl), {{cog|arc|לֵילְיָא|tr=lēləyā}} Aramaic לֵילְיָא (lēləyā), {{cog|syc|ܠܹܠܝܵܐ|tr=lēlyā}} Classical Syriac ܠܹܠܝܵܐ (lēlyā) Head templates: {{he-noun|cons=לֵיל|g=m|pausal=לָיְלָה|pl=לֵילוֹת|tr=láyla|wv=לַיְלָה}} לַיְלָה • (láyla) m (plural indefinite לֵילוֹת, singular construct לֵיל־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form לָיְלָה)
  1. (countable) night (the time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark) Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-לילה-he-noun-uyJyf7Rp Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew masculine nouns ending in ־ה, Hebrew masculine nouns with plurals ending in ־ות, Time Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 81 19 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 78 22 Disambiguation of Hebrew masculine nouns ending in ־ה: 55 45 Disambiguation of Hebrew masculine nouns with plurals ending in ־ות: 55 45 Disambiguation of Time: 100 0
  2. (figuratively) adversity Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-לילה-he-noun-NFcNS9zX Categories (other): Hebrew masculine nouns ending in ־ה, Hebrew masculine nouns with plurals ending in ־ות Disambiguation of Hebrew masculine nouns ending in ־ה: 55 45 Disambiguation of Hebrew masculine nouns with plurals ending in ־ות: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: לַיִל (láyil) Derived forms: הַלַּיְלָה (haláyla), חֲצוֹת הַלַּיְלָה (khatsót-haláyla), חֲצִי הַלַּיְלָה (khatsí-haláyla), יוֹמָם וָלַיְלָה (yomám valáyla), לַיְלָה טוֹב (láyla tóv) (english: good night), לַיְלָה לָבָן (láyla laván), לֵילִי (leilí) (english: nocturnal), לֵיל כָּל הַקְּדוֹשִׁים (leil kol hak'doshím) (english: Halloween), קְרִי לַיְלָה (krí láyla)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "haláyla",
      "word": "הַלַּיְלָה"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "khatsót-haláyla",
      "word": "חֲצוֹת הַלַּיְלָה"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "khatsí-haláyla",
      "word": "חֲצִי הַלַּיְלָה"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yomám valáyla",
      "word": "יוֹמָם וָלַיְלָה"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "good night",
      "roman": "láyla tóv",
      "word": "לַיְלָה טוֹב"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "láyla laván",
      "word": "לַיְלָה לָבָן"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "nocturnal",
      "roman": "leilí",
      "word": "לֵילִי"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Halloween",
      "roman": "leil kol hak'doshím",
      "word": "לֵיל כָּל הַקְּדוֹשִׁים"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "krí láyla",
      "word": "קְרִי לַיְלָה"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*layl-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *layl-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "لَيْل"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic لَيْل (layl)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
        "2": "לֵילְיָא",
        "tr": "lēləyā"
      },
      "expansion": "Aramaic לֵילְיָא (lēləyā)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "syc",
        "2": "ܠܹܠܝܵܐ",
        "tr": "lēlyā"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Syriac ܠܹܠܝܵܐ (lēlyā)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "לַיְלָה",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "láyla",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לֵילוֹת",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לֵיל־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "form לָיְלָה",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew",
        "pausal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "cons": "לֵיל",
        "g": "m",
        "pausal": "לָיְלָה",
        "pl": "לֵילוֹת",
        "tr": "láyla",
        "wv": "לַיְלָה"
      },
      "expansion": "לַיְלָה • (láyla) m (plural indefinite לֵילוֹת, singular construct לֵיל־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form לָיְלָה)",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew masculine nouns ending in ־ה",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew masculine nouns with plurals ending in ־ות",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Time",
          "orig": "he:Time",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "night (the time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark)"
      ],
      "id": "en-לילה-he-noun-uyJyf7Rp",
      "links": [
        [
          "night",
          "night#English:_Q575"
        ],
        [
          "horizon",
          "horizon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) night (the time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew masculine nouns ending in ־ה",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew masculine nouns with plurals ending in ־ות",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "adversity"
      ],
      "id": "en-לילה-he-noun-NFcNS9zX",
      "links": [
        [
          "adversity",
          "adversity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) adversity"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlaj.la/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlɔːjlɔː]",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "láyil",
      "word": "לַיִל"
    }
  ],
  "word": "לילה"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Hebrew masculine nouns",
    "Hebrew masculine nouns ending in ־ה",
    "Hebrew masculine nouns with plurals ending in ־ות",
    "Hebrew noun entries missing plural construct forms",
    "Hebrew nouns",
    "Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
    "Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "he:Time"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "haláyla",
      "word": "הַלַּיְלָה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khatsót-haláyla",
      "word": "חֲצוֹת הַלַּיְלָה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khatsí-haláyla",
      "word": "חֲצִי הַלַּיְלָה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yomám valáyla",
      "word": "יוֹמָם וָלַיְלָה"
    },
    {
      "english": "good night",
      "roman": "láyla tóv",
      "word": "לַיְלָה טוֹב"
    },
    {
      "roman": "láyla laván",
      "word": "לַיְלָה לָבָן"
    },
    {
      "english": "nocturnal",
      "roman": "leilí",
      "word": "לֵילִי"
    },
    {
      "english": "Halloween",
      "roman": "leil kol hak'doshím",
      "word": "לֵיל כָּל הַקְּדוֹשִׁים"
    },
    {
      "roman": "krí láyla",
      "word": "קְרִי לַיְלָה"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "sem-pro",
        "3": "*layl-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Semitic *layl-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "لَيْل"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic لَيْل (layl)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
        "2": "לֵילְיָא",
        "tr": "lēləyā"
      },
      "expansion": "Aramaic לֵילְיָא (lēləyā)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "syc",
        "2": "ܠܹܠܝܵܐ",
        "tr": "lēlyā"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Syriac ܠܹܠܝܵܐ (lēlyā)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "לַיְלָה",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "láyla",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לֵילוֹת",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לֵיל־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "form לָיְלָה",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew",
        "pausal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "cons": "לֵיל",
        "g": "m",
        "pausal": "לָיְלָה",
        "pl": "לֵילוֹת",
        "tr": "láyla",
        "wv": "לַיְלָה"
      },
      "expansion": "לַיְלָה • (láyla) m (plural indefinite לֵילוֹת, singular construct לֵיל־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form לָיְלָה)",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew countable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "night (the time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "night",
          "night#English:_Q575"
        ],
        [
          "horizon",
          "horizon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) night (the time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "adversity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "adversity",
          "adversity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) adversity"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlaj.la/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlɔːjlɔː]",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "láyil",
      "word": "לַיִל"
    }
  ],
  "word": "לילה"
}

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