ليلى

See also: ليلي and لیلی

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laj.laː/

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Semitic *laylay- (“night”), which is also the origin of the common nouns لَيْل (layl) and لَيْلَة (layla).

    Proper noun

    لَيْلَى • (laylā) f

    1. a female given name, Leila, Laila, or Layla
    2. (poetry) A prototype of a woman in a lovestory, comparable to Juliet or the like.
    Declension
    Declension of noun لَيْلَى (laylā)
    singular singular invariable
    indefinite definite construct
    informal — لَيْلَى
    laylā     		—
    nominative — لَيْلَى
    laylā     		—
    accusative — لَيْلَى
    laylā     		—
    genitive — لَيْلَى
    laylā     		—
    Derived terms
    • كُلٌّ يُغَنِّي عَلَى لَيْلاهُ (kullun yuḡannī ʕalā laylāhu)
    Descendants
    • → Azerbaijani: Ləyla
    • → Bashkir: Ләйлә (Ləylə)
    • → Persian: لیلی, لیلا
    • → Kazakh: Лейла (Leila)
    • → Turkish: Leyla

    Etymology 2

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Noun

    لَيْلَى • (laylā) f (dual لَيْلَيَان (laylayān), plural لَيَالٍ (layālin), plural construct state لَيَالِي (layālī))

    1. ecstasy of wine
    Declension
    Declension of noun لَيْلَى (laylā)
    singular singular invariable
    indefinite definite construct
    informal لَيْلَى
    laylā     		اللَّيْلَى
    al-laylā     		لَيْلَى
    laylā
    nominative لَيْلَى
    laylā     		اللَّيْلَى
    al-laylā     		لَيْلَى
    laylā
    accusative لَيْلَى
    laylā     		اللَّيْلَى
    al-laylā     		لَيْلَى
    laylā
    genitive لَيْلَى
    laylā     		اللَّيْلَى
    al-laylā     		لَيْلَى
    laylā
    dual indefinite definite construct
    informal لَيْلَيَيْن
    laylayayn     		اللَّيْلَيَيْن
    al-laylayayn     		لَيْلَيَيْ
    laylayay
    nominative لَيْلَيَانِ
    laylayāni     		اللَّيْلَيَانِ
    al-laylayāni     		لَيْلَيَا
    laylayā
    accusative لَيْلَيَيْنِ
    laylayayni     		اللَّيْلَيَيْنِ
    al-laylayayni     		لَيْلَيَيْ
    laylayay
    genitive لَيْلَيَيْنِ
    laylayayni     		اللَّيْلَيَيْنِ
    al-laylayayni     		لَيْلَيَيْ
    laylayay
    plural broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
    indefinite definite construct
    informal لَيَالِي
    layālī     		اللَّيَالِي
    al-layālī     		لَيَالِي
    layālī
    nominative لَيَالٍ
    layālin     		اللَّيَالِي
    al-layālī     		لَيَالِي
    layālī
    accusative لَيَالِيَ
    layāliya     		اللَّيَالِيَ
    al-layāliya     		لَيَالِيَ
    layāliya
    genitive لَيَالٍ
    layālin     		اللَّيَالِي
    al-layālī     		لَيَالِي
    layālī
    Derived terms
    • أُمّ لَيْلَى (ʔumm laylā, “red wine”)
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