"ليل" meaning in Moroccan Arabic

See ليل in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lajl/, /liːl/ Audio: LL-Q56426 (ary)-Fenakhay-ليل.wav Forms: لَيْل [canonical], لِيل [canonical], layl [romanization], līl [romanization], ليالي [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic لَيْل (layl). Etymology templates: {{inh|ary|ar|لَيْل}} Arabic لَيْل (layl) Head templates: {{ary-noun|g=m|head=لَيْل|head2=لِيل|pl=ليالي|pltr=lyāli|tr=layl|tr2=līl}} لَيْل or لِيل • (layl or līl) m (plural ليالي (lyāli))
  1. nighttime, night Derived forms: ليل ونهار (layl u nhār, līl u nhar) (english: all day long) Related terms: ليلة (layla, līla)
    Sense id: en-ليل-ary-noun-oo898aHV Categories (other): Moroccan Arabic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Moroccan Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Preposition

IPA: /liːl/
Etymology: From Arabic لِ (li). The final -l may be due to backformation from the personal forms, themselves derived by reduplication. Compare Maltese lil (“to, with”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ary|ar|لِ}} Arabic لِ (li), {{cog|mt|lil|t=to, with}} Maltese lil (“to, with”) Head templates: {{ary-prep|tr=līl}} ليل • (līl) Forms: līl [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], ليل [error-unrecognized-form], ليلي [error-unrecognized-form, first-person, singular], ليلنا [first-person, plural], ليلك [error-unrecognized-form, masculine, second-person, singular], ليلك [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, second-person, singular], ليلكم [plural, second-person], ليله [error-unrecognized-form, masculine, singular, third-person], ليلها [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, singular, third-person], ليلهم [plural, third-person]
  1. for Synonyms: ل
    Sense id: en-ليل-ary-prep-EMIrz0x2 Categories (other): Moroccan Arabic prepositions Disambiguation of Moroccan Arabic prepositions: 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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    },
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      "form": "līl",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ليالي",
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      ]
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      },
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    }
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      "roman": "līli",
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      "form": "ليلنا",
      "roman": "līlna",
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    },
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      "form": "ليلك",
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      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ليله",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ليلها",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ليلهم",
      "roman": "līlhum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "third-person"
      ]
    }
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        "tr": "līl"
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      "expansion": "ليل • (līl)",
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  "pos": "prep",
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        "for"
      ],
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          "for",
          "for"
        ]
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          "word": "ل"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/liːl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ليل"
}

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    "Moroccan Arabic prepositions",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "all day long",
      "roman": "layl u nhār, līl u nhar",
      "word": "ليل ونهار"
    }
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līl",
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    },
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      "form": "ليالي",
      "roman": "lyāli",
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      ]
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        "pl": "ليالي",
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        "tr": "layl",
        "tr2": "līl"
      },
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  "pos": "noun",
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    }
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        "nighttime, night"
      ],
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          "night",
          "night"
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  ],
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  "word": "ليل"
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      "form": "g",
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    {
      "form": "ليل",
      "roman": "līl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ليلي",
      "roman": "līli",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ليلنا",
      "roman": "līlna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "ليلك",
      "roman": "līlek",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ليلك",
      "roman": "līlki",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ليلكم",
      "roman": "līlkum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ليله",
      "roman": "līlu",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ليلها",
      "roman": "līlha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ليلهم",
      "roman": "līlhum",
      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
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  "pos": "prep",
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          "for"
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          "word": "ل"
        }
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    {
      "ipa": "/liːl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ليل"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: ليل/Moroccan Arabic 'base form' base_tags=set()",
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  "section": "Moroccan Arabic",
  "subsection": "preposition",
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