يوم

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of a 'day' and its temporal divisions. It also extends to related concepts like duration, intensity, and even proper names derived from this temporal unit.

Derived headwords

اليومnoun

1.
dayboth
A period of 24 hours, or the time between sunrise and sunset.

أيامnoun

1.
daysboth
The plural form of 'day', referring to multiple days.

أيوامnoun

1.
days (original form)classical
The original, unassimilated plural form of 'day' before the assimilation of the 'waw'.

مياومةnoun

1.
daily paymentclassical
A system of payment or work done on a daily basis.

مشاهرةnoun

1.
monthly paymentclassical
A system of payment or work done on a monthly basis, used here as an analogy for daily payment.

يوم أيومadjective

1.
intense dayclassical
A day characterized by extreme hardship or intensity, similar to 'ليلة ليلاء' (a dark night).

اليمىadjective

1.
fierceclassical
Describing someone or something as fierce or intense, particularly in battle.

يامname

1.
Yām (tribe)classical
A tribal name from Yemen.

خارفname

1.
Kharif (tribe)classical
A tribal name from Yemen.

يامname

1.
Yām (person)classical
The name of a person, specifically Noah's son who drowned in the flood.

Parallel reading

اليوم معروف

The day is known.

والجمع أيام

And the plural is 'ayyām'.

وأصله أيوام فأدغم

And its origin is 'aywām', then it was assimilated.

قال الأخفش في قوله تعالى: (أسس على التقوى من أول يوم)

Al-Akhfash said regarding the Almighty's saying: (Founded on piety from the first day).

قال: من أول الأيام.

He said: From the first of the days.

كما تقول: لقيت كل رجل، تريد كل الرجال.

As you say: I met every man, meaning all men.

وعاملته مياومة

And I dealt with him on a daily basis.

كما تقول: مشاهرة.

As you say: on a monthly basis.

وريما عيروا عن الشدة باليوم.

And sometimes they alluded to intensity by the word 'day'.

يقال: يوم أيوم

It is said: a day of extreme intensity.

كما يقال ليلة ليلاء.

As it is said: a dark night.

نعم أخو الهيجاء في اليوم اليمى

Yes, he is the brother of the battlefield in the fierce day.

وهو مقلوب منه، أخر الواو وقدم الميم ثم قلب الواو ياء حيث صارت طرفا، كما قالوا أدل في جمع دلو.

And it is an inversion of it; the 'waw' was moved to the end and the 'mim' was brought forward, then the 'waw' was changed to a 'ya' when it became at the end, as they said 'adl for the plural of 'dalw'.

ويام وخارف: قبيلتان من اليمن.

And Yām and Kharif are two tribes from Yemen.

ويام بن نوح عليه السلام غرق في الطوفان.

And Yām, son of Noah (peace be upon him), drowned in the flood.