لية

See also: ليه

Arabic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /li.ja/

Noun

لِيَة • (liya) f (obsolete)

closeness, verbal noun of وَلِيَ (waliya)
Alternative form: إِلْيَة (ʔilya)
- a. 1229, Yāqūt al-Ḥamawīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, كتاب معجم البلدان [kitāb muʿjam al-buldān]‎^[1], volume 4, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, published 1869, page 376 l. 11:

Declension

Declension of noun **لِيَة** (liya)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	لِيَة liya	اللِّيَة al-liya	لِيَة liyat
nominative	لِيَةٌ liyatun	اللِّيَةُ al-liyatu	لِيَةُ liyatu
accusative	لِيَةً liyatan	اللِّيَةَ al-liyata	لِيَةَ liyata
genitive	لِيَةٍ liyatin	اللِّيَةِ al-liyati	لِيَةِ liyati

Further reading

Nöldeke, Theodor (1930) “لية”, in Jörg Kraemer, editor, Belegwörterbuch zur klassischen arabischen Sprache, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, published 1952–1953, Fascicles 1 and 2 (Only Alif), page 37a

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic أَلْيَة (ʔalya).

Noun

لِيِّة • (liyye) f (uncountable)

tail fat of a sheep

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic أَلْيَة (ʔalya).

Noun

لِيِّة • (liyya) f (uncountable)

tail fat of a sheep