nights

5 occurrences across 2 Arabic/Persian roots

ل- ي- ل

(l-y-l) — night; nights; the nights

“nights” accounts for 4 of 48 occurrences of this root (8%)

Forms seen

ليل ×1 ليالی ×1 ليال ×1 لَيالٍ ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

night 69% night season 15% night-season 13% many a night 2% dream 2%

Examples

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: ليل: nights prayers-and-meditationsP&M §788: لَيالٍ: nights epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: ليالی: nights epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: ليال: nights

fa:شب

(shb) — night

“nights” accounts for 1 of 8 occurrences of this root (13%)

Forms seen

Translation spectrum for this root

night 38% whole night 13% one night 13% night-season 13% night season 13% darkness of the night 13%

Examples

will-and-testamentW&T §14: شب: nights

See Also

Other English words/phrases that share the same Arabic/Persian roots:

night (36) night season (7) night-season (6)