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لَيْل

nighttime

Noun · masculineRoot ل-ي-ل

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Most common words from the same root

Noun
a night
Verb · Form III
لَايَلَ
to hire on a nightly basis

لَيْل in English

Noun · masculine

  1. nighttime, night uncountable
  2. chick of a bustard (حُبَارَى (ḥubārā)) and/or curlew (كَرَوَان (karawān)) obsolete
  3. bustard hen; bustard in general obsolete

Word origin

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *laylay-.

Words from the root ل-ي-ل

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لَايَلَ · present يُلَايِلُ

to hire on a nightly basis

مُلَايَلَة
Verbal noun
لِيَال
Verbal noun
مُلَايِل
Active participle
مُلَايَل
Passive participle
Noun · f.
a night
Noun · m.
nighttime
اللَّيْلَةَ
Adverb
tonight
لَيْلَتَئِذٍ
Adverb
at that night

لَيْل in a sentence

From a fully vowelled text

بَسَطَ سَحَابًا سَجْفًا، وَنَارًا لِتُضِيءَ اللَّيْلَ.He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.Psalms 105:39, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
قُومُوا فَنَصْعَدَ في اللَّيْلِ وَنَهْدِمَ قُصُورَهَا».Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.Jeremiah 6:5, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
يَجْعَلُونَ اللَّيْلَ نَهَارًا، نُورًا قَرِيبًا لِلظُّلْمَةِ.They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.Job 17:12, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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