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يَوْم

day

Noun · masculineRoot ي-و-م

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Plural
أَيَّام

يَوْم in English

Noun · masculine

  1. day, period from sunrise to sunset
    أَذْهَبُ إِلَى ٱلْمَدْرَسَةِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.I go to school every day.
    سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَى كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍWhich 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.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 69:7
  2. day, period of twenty-four hours
    فِي يَوْمٍ مِنَ الْأَيَّامِonce (in the past), once upon a time
  3. Judgment Day
    يُوفُونَ بِالنَّذْرِ وَيَخَافُونَ يَوْمًا كَانَ شَرُّهُ مُسْتَطِيرًاThey fulfil [their] vows and fear a Day of sweeping horror,609–632 CE, Qur'an, 76:7
  4. (day of) battle Classical Arabic, uncommon
    أَيَّامُ الْعَرَبِDays of the Arabs, the legendary battles between pre-Islamic Arab tribes
    يَوْمُ ذِي قَارَBattle of Dhu Qar

Word origin

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *yawm-.

Words from the root ي-و-م

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يَاوَمَ · present يُيَاوِمُ

to employ someone for work on daily basis

مُيَاوَمَة
Verbal noun
مُيَاوِم
Active participle
مُيَاوَم
Passive participle
Noun · m.
day
أَيَّام
Noun
days
يَوْمًا عَنِ الْآخِرِ
Adverb
day by day

يَوْم: plural and other forms

Singularيَوْم
Pluralأَيَّام

يَوْم in a sentence

Dictionary examples

day

أَذْهَبُ إِلَى ٱلْمَدْرَسَةِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.I go to school every day.

day

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى الْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَى كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍWhich 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.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 69:7

day

فِي يَوْمٍ مِنَ الْأَيَّامِonce (in the past), once upon a time

Judgment Day

يُوفُونَ بِالنَّذْرِ وَيَخَافُونَ يَوْمًا كَانَ شَرُّهُ مُسْتَطِيرًاThey fulfil [their] vows and fear a Day of sweeping horror,609–632 CE, Qur'an, 76:7

أَيَّامُ الْعَرَبِDays of the Arabs, the legendary battles between pre-Islamic Arab tribes

يَوْمُ ذِي قَارَBattle of Dhu Qar

From a fully vowelled text

اُذْكُرْ يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ لِتُقَدِّسَهُ.Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.Exodus 20:8, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
خُبْزَنَا كَفَافَنَا أَعْطِنَا الْيَوْمَ.Give us this day our daily bread.Matthew 6:11, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
خُبْزَنَا كَفَافَنَا أَعْطِنَا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ،Give us day by day our daily bread.Luke 11:3, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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