ליליא
Aramaic
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *layl-.
Noun
לֵילְיָא • (lēləyā) m (plural לֵילָוָתָא)
- night
- c. 1001, Targum Onkelos, B'reishit 1:5:
- וּקְרָא יְיָ לִנְהוֹרָא יְמָמָא וְלַחֲשׁוֹכָא קְרָא לֵילְיָא וַהֲוָה רְמַשׁ וַהֲוָה צְפַר יוֹמָא חָד:
- uqərā yəyā linəhorā yəmāmā wəlaḥăšoḵā qərā lēləyā wahăwā rəmaš wahăwā ṣəp̄ar yomā ḥaḏ.
- Elohim called the light day, and the darkness He called night. It became evening and it became morning, one day.
Antonyms
References
- “lyly”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–