Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Etymology

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Disputed:

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ܠܲܝܠܹܐ (laylēm sg (plural ܠܲܝ̈ܠܵܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ (laylāwāṯē) or ܠܲܝ̈ܠܵܬ݂ܵܐ (laylāṯā))

  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.

Inflection

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Inflection of ܠܲܝܠܹܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute 1st person ܠܲܝܠܝܼ (laylī) ܠܲܝܠܲܢ (laylan)
construct ܠܹܝܠ (lēl) 2nd person ܠܲܝܠܘܼܟ݂ (laylūḵ) ܠܲܝܠܵܟ݂ܝ (laylāḵ) ܠܲܝܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (laylāwḵōn)
emphatic ܠܲܝܠܹܐ (laylē) 3rd person ܠܲܝܠܘܼܗܝ (laylūh) ܠܲܝܠܘܿܗ̇ (laylōh) ܠܲܝܠܗܘܿܢ (laylhōn)
plural absolute 1st person ܠܲܝܠܵܘܵܬ݂ܝܼ̈ (laylāwāṯī) ܠܲܝܠܵܘܵܬ݂ܲܢ̈ (laylāwāṯan)
construct ܠܲܝ̈ܠܵܘܵܬ݂ (laylāwāṯ) 2nd person ܠܲܝܠܵܘܵܬ݂ܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (laylāwāṯūḵ) ܠܲܝܠܵܘܵܬ݂ܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (laylāwāṯāḵ) ܠܲܝܠܵܘܵܬ݂ܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (laylāwāṯāwḵōn)
emphatic ܠܲܝ̈ܠܵܘܵܬ݂ܹܐ (laylāwāṯē) 3rd person ܠܲܝ̈ܠܵܘܵܬ݂ܹܗ (laylāwāṯēh) ܠܲܝ̈ܠܵܘܵܬ݂ܵܗ̇ (laylāwāṯāh) ܠܲܝܠܵܘܵܬ݂ܗ̈ܘܿܢ (laylāwāṯhōn)

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