أيام

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See also: ایام

Arabic

Root
ي و م (y w m)
3 terms

Etymology

From assimilation of earlier أَيْوَام (ʔaywām).

Pronunciation

Noun

أَيَّام • (ʔayyām) m pl

  1. plural of يَوْم (yawm)

Noun

أَيَّام • (ʔayyām) pl (singular يَوْمٌ (yawmun))

  1. days (“A particular time or period of vague extent”)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 69:24:
      كُلُوا وَٱشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِي ٱلأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ
      kulū wašrabū hanīʔan bimā ʔaslaftum fī l-ʔayyāmi l-ḵāliyati
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaj.jaːm/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

أيّام • (ʔayyām) pl

  1. plural of يوم (yōm, “day”)

Usage notes

  • When preceded by a number, the initial glottal stop is replaced by an intrusive ت (t) and the following vowel changes to "i":
    خمس تيّام ― ḵams tiyyām ― five days
    Audio (Ramallah):(file)
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