أيام

• IPA^(key): /ʔaj.jaːm/

أَيَّام • (ʔayyām) m pl

1. plural of يَوْم‎ (yawm)

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

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• → Afar: ayyám

• IPA^(key): /ʔaj.jaːm/, [ʔajˈjæːm]

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أيّام • (ʔayyām) pl

1. plural of يوم‎ (yōm, “day”)

• 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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