ܠܝܠܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Disputed:

Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *layl-; compare Arabic لَيْلَة (layla), Hebrew לַיְלָה (láyla) and Akkadian 𒆥𒋝 (līliātum).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [laj.leː]
  • (Tyari) IPA(key): [lejleː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [leːleː]

Noun

ܠܲܝܠܹܐ • (laylē) m sg (plural ܠܲܝ̈ܠܵܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ (laylāwāṯē))

  1. night, nighttime (period between sunset and sunrise when the sky is dark)
    Antonyms: ܝܵܘܡܵܐ (yāwmā), ܐܝܼܡܵܡܵܐ (īmāmā)
    ܠܲܝܠܹܐ ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܝܼܠܹܗ ܪܵܘܒܵܢܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܝܵܘܡܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܕܗ̇ܝ ܡܕ݂ܝܼܢ݇ܬܵܐ.
    laylē yatīr īlēh rāwbānā min yāwmā gāw d-aya mḏītā.
    Night is noisier than day in this city.
    • Luke 17:34:
      ܒܹܐ݇ܡܵܪܵܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܐܸܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ، ܒܗ̇ܘ ܠܲܝܠܹܐ ܬܪܹܝܢ ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܝܼ ܓܵܘ ܚܕ݂ܵܐ ܫܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ؛ ܚܲܕ݇ ܒܸܬ ܦܵܐܹܫ ܠܘܼܒܠܵܐ ܘܗ̇ܘ ܐ݇ܚܹܪ݇ܢܵܐ ܫܒ݂ܝܼܩܵܐ.
      bēmārā ìwen illāwḵōn, b-awa laylē trēn bit hāwī gāw ḥḏā šwīṯā; ḥa bit pāˀēš lublā w-awa ḥēnā šḇīqā.
      I tell you, in that night there will be two men in one bed: the one will be taken and the other will be left.

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