How to say "night" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningnight

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

لَيْل

laylליל

ليل

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

לילה

laylaلَايْلَا

How the two words are related

Cognate

Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.

Arabic root

ل-ي-ل

Hebrew root

ל-י-ל

Arabic layl is Hebrew ליל, as in ליל שבת. Everyday Modern Hebrew says לילה — which matches the Arabic form layla, 'a (single) night'.

Related Hebrew word:לילleilلِيل

فِي اللَّيْل

fī l-laylפי א-ליל

at night