ܠܝܠܐ

• ܠܸܠܝܵܐ‎ (lilyā) – archaic

Originally the plural formation of ܠܸܠܝܵܐ‎ (lilyā), from Aramaic לֵילְיָא‎ (lēləyā), from Proto-Semitic *layl-; compare Arabic لَيْلَة‎ (layla) and Hebrew לַיְלָה‎ (láyla).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [leːleː]
• (Tyari) IPA^(key): [lejleː]

ܠܲܝܠܹܐ • (laylē) m (plural ܠܲܝܠܵܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ‎ (laylāwātē))

1. night, nighttime (The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.)

   Antonyms: ܝܵܘܡܵܐ‎ (yāwmā), ܐܝܼܡܵܡܵܐ‎ (īmāmā)

   ‏ܪܵܒܵܐ ܩܲܗܠܵܢܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܒܠܲܝܠܹܐ، ܠܹܐ ܝܵܕܥܹܢ ܕܵܐܟ݂ܝܼ ܡܵܨܹܝܢ ܕܵܡܟ݂ܹܢ!‎‎

   rābā qahlānā ìlēh b-laylē, lē yādʿēn dāḵī māṣēn dāmḵēn!

   It’s very noisy at night, I don’t know how I can sleep!

   • Luke 17:34:

     ‏ܒܹܐ݇ܡܵܪܵܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܥܲܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ، ܒܗ̇ܘ ܠܲܝܠܹܐ ܬܪܹܝ ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܝܼ ܓܵܘ ܚܕܵܐ ܫܘܝܼܬܵܐ؛ ܚܲܕ݇ ܒܸܬ ܦܵܝܹܫ ܠܘܼܒܠܵܐ ܘܗ̇ܘ ܐ݇ܚܹܪ݇ܢܵܐ ܫܒ݂ܝܼܩܵܐ.‎‎

     bēmārā-wen ʿallāwḵon, b-aw laylē trēy bit hāwī gāw ḥdā šwītā; ḥa bit pāyēš lublā w-aw 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.

2. (astronomy) The period of darkness beginning at the end of the evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.

• (times of day) ܥܕܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܝܵܘܡܵܐ‎ (ʿdānē d-yāwmā); ܝܵܘܡܵܐ‎ (yāwmā, “day”), ܐܝܼܡܵܡܵܐ‎ (īmāmā, “daytime”), ܨܲܦܪܵܐ‎ (ṣaprā, “dawn”), ܕܸܢܚܵܐ‎ (dinḥā, “sunrise”), ܩܲܝܕܵܡܬܵܐ‎ (qaydāmtā, “morning”), ܛܲܗܪܵܐ‎ (ṭahrā, “noon”), ܒܲܬ݇ܪ ܛܲܗܪܵܐ‎ (bar ṭahrā, “afternoon”), ܥܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ‎ (ʿrāḇā, “sunset”), ܢܘܼܨܦܵܐ‎ (nuṣpā, “dusk”), ܪܲܡܫܵܐ‎ (ramšā, “evening”), ܦܲܠܓܵܐ ܕܠܲܝܠܹܐ‎ (palgā d-laylē, “midnight”), ܠܲܝܠܹܐ (laylē, “nighttime”) ^{(Category: aii:Times of day)}