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Arabic Etymology From the root ي و م ( y-w-m ) . From Proto-Semitic *yawm-
Pronunciation Noun يَوْم • (yawm ) m plural أَيَّام ( ʔayyām ) )
day , period from sunrise to sunset
Antonym: لَيْلَة ( layla ) أَذْهَبُ إِلَى ٱلْمَدْرَسَةِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ. ʔaḏhabu ʔilā l-madrasati kulla yawmin. I go to school every day. 609–632 CE , Qur'an 69:7 سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَى كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ saḵḵarahā ʕalayhim sabʕa layālin wa-ṯamāniyata ʔayyāmin ḥusūman fa-tarā l-qawma fīhā ṣarʕā kaʔannahum ʔaʕjāzu naḵlin ḵāwiyatin Which Allah imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees. day , period of twenty-four hours
فِي يَوْمٍ مِنَ الْأَيَّامِ ― fī yawmin mina l-ʔayyāmi ― once ( in the past ) , once upon a time ( singular only ) Judgement Day
609–632 CE , Qur'an 76:7 يُوفُونَ بِالنَّذْرِ وَيَخَافُونَ يَوْمًا كَانَ شَرُّهُ مُسْتَطِيرًا yūfūna bi-n-naḏri wayaḵāfūna yawman kāna šarruhu mustaṭīran (please add an English translation of this quotation) ( uncommon , Classical Arabic ) battle Declension
Declension of noun يَوْم yawm )
Derived terms Descendants Egyptian Arabic: يوم ( yōm )
Gulf Arabic: يوم ( yōm )
Hijazi Arabic: يوم ( yōm )
Maltese: jum
Moroccan Arabic: يوم ( yūm )
→ Ottoman Turkish: یوم ( yevm ) → Persian: یوم ( yowm ) Conjunction يَوْمَ • (yawma )
at the day when
609–632 CE , Qur'an 79:46 كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا kaʔannahum yawma yarawnahā lam yalbaṯū ʔillā ʕašiyyatan ʔaw ḍuḥāhā It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained except for an afternoon or a morning thereof. Related terms See also References Wehr, Hans (1979 ) “يوم A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic , 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN Egyptian Arabic Etymology From Arabic يَوْم ( yawm ) .
Noun يوم • (yūm ) m dual يومين ( yūmēn ) , plural أيام ( ayyām ) , paucal تيام ( tiyām ) )
day Coordinate terms ليلة ( līla , “ night ” ) نهار ( nahār , “ daytime ” ) ليل ( līl , “ nighttime ” ) Gulf Arabic Etymology From Arabic يَوْم ( yawm ) .
Pronunciation Noun يوم • (yōm ) m dual يومين ( yōmēn ) , plural ايام ( ayyām ) )
day
ما بتروحون معرض يوم البحار؟ Are you not going to the Sailor Day fair? اليوم مو يومي ― il-yōm mū yōmi ― Today is not my day ( usually in the plural ) time , era , age
ايام الغزو the time of the invasion Derived terms Hijazi Arabic Etymology From Arabic يَوْم ( yawm ) .
Pronunciation Noun يوم • (yōm ) m dual يومين ( yōmēn ) , plural أَيَّام ( ʔayyām ) )
day Malay Etymology From Arabic يَوْم ( yawm ) .
Pronunciation Noun يوم (Rumi spelling yaum plural يوم -يوم or يوم ۲ informal 1st possessive يومکو , 2nd possessive يوممو , 3rd possessive يومڽ )
day ( period of 24 hours ) day ( period from midnight to the following midnight ) day ( rotational period of a planet ) day ( part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc. ) Synonyms Moroccan Arabic Etymology From Arabic يَوْم ( yawm ) .
Pronunciation Noun يوم • (yūm ) m dual يومين ( yūmayn ) , plural إيام ( ʔiyyām ) or إيامات ( ʔiyyāmāt ) )
day
Synonym: نهار ( nhār ) Antonym: ليل ( līl ) ( usually in the plural ) time , era , age Derived terms North Levantine Arabic Etymology From Arabic يَوْم ( yawm ) .
Pronunciation Noun يوم • (yōm ) m or f plural ايام ( ʾiyyām ) )
day Usage notes Despite appearing masculine, the word is often feminine when definite . For example, it can be used with a feminine determiner like هديك اليوم( hadīk l-yōm , “ that day ” ) instead of a masculine one like هيداك اليوم( haydāk l-yom , “ that day ” ) , and it can appear as يومتـ ( yawmit-, yōmit- ) in the construct state . Pashto Pronunciation Noun يوم • (yûm ) m
spade Declension
declension of يوم
singular
plural
direct
يوم يومونه
oblique
يوم يومونو
vocative
يومه يومونو
South Levantine Arabic Etymology From Arabic يَوْم ( yawm ) .
Pronunciation Noun يوم • (yōm ) m plural أيّام ( ʔayyām ) )
day
Antonym: ليلة ( lēle ) Derived terms See also نهار ( nhār , “ daytime ” ) ليل ( lēl , “ nighttime ” ) (units of time ) وحدات الوقت ( waḥdāt il-waʔt ) سنة ( sane , “ year ” ) , شهر ( šahr , “ month ” ) , أسبوع ( ʔusbūʕ , “ week ” ) , يوم ( yōm , “ day ” ) , ساعة ( sāʕa , “ hour ” ) , دقيقة ( daʔīʔa , “ minute ” ) , ثانية ( ṯānye , “ second ” ) , لحظة ( laḥẓa , “ moment ” )