youm يوم
Algerian Darja · noun
“youm” (يوم) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning day, daytime.
Meanings
- day, daytime
- date, specific day
Usage
Youm denotes the day as a unit of time. It is very frequent in set phrases: kol youm (every day), youm wahed (just one day), lyoum (today), youm el djemâa (Friday). To speak of the day as opposed to the night, nhar is also widely used and very common in Algeria; the two words coexist. Youm is heard more in fixed expressions, dates and festivals, nhar in everyday storytelling (nhar kamel, all day long). The usual plural is iyyam (days, era).
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “youm” but also “yom”, “yum” and “youme”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “youm” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “day”; “one day, someday”: youm in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “day”; “today (lyoum)”: youm in Tunisian.