أيام

See also: ایام

Arabic

Etymology

From assimilation of earlier أَيْوَام (ʔaywām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaj.jaːm/

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

• → Afar: ayyám

South Levantine Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaj.jaːm/, [ʔajˈjæːm]

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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

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