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, 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)

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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