Arabic vocabulary
لَيْلِnight in Arabic
لَيْلِ is how you say “night” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَإِنَّمَا يَصِحُّ لَهُ التَّلَصُّصُ فِي لَيْلِ الْجَهْلِ
And it is only justified for him to spy in the night of ignorance.
لَيْلِ — night. The head of a possessive pairing, 'the night of ignorance', in the genitive shape set by the preposition and linked straight to the noun after it. As the first half it drops its own 'the' and takes definiteness from the owner.
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