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يَوْم
day /ˈjawm/
nounA1#53 most common
Also: daytime, a particular day / date, today (with the article: اليَوْم)
Example sentences
هٰذَا يَوْمٌ جَمِيلٌ.
This is a beautiful day.
أَذْهَبُ إِلَى العَمَلِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.
I go to work every day.
قَضَيْنَا يَوْمًا رَائِعًا مَعَ الأَصْدِقَاءِ.
We spent a wonderful day with friends.
فِي ذٰلِكَ اليَوْمِ تَغَيَّرَتْ حَيَاتِي تَمَامًا.
On that day my life changed completely.
مَعَ مُرُورِ الأَيَّامِ أَدْرَكْتُ أَنَّ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ يَحْمِلُ دَرْسًا جَدِيدًا.
As the days went by, I realized that each day carries a new lesson.
يُقَالُ إِنَّ المَرْءَ ابْنُ يَوْمِهِ، فَلَا تُؤَجِّلْ عَمَلَ اليَوْمِ إِلَى الغَدِ.
It is said that a person is the child of their day, so do not postpone today's work until tomorrow.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | يَوْمٌ | أَيَّامٌ |
| Genitive | يَوْمٍ | أَيَّامٍ |
| Accusative | يَوْمًا | أَيَّامًا |
| Vocative | يَا يَوْمُ | يَا أَيَّامُ |
Word family
Etymology
يَوْم descends from Proto-Semitic *yawm- 'day', a root attested across the entire Semitic family. The Arabic triliteral root y-w-m underlies a cluster of time-related words. It has no connection to Indo-European; its cognates are exclusively Semitic.
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