youm يوم
Moroccan Darija · noun
“youm” (يوم) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning day.
Meanings
- day
- one day, someday
Usage
Yum means "day". To say "the day" in everyday conversation, nhar is much more frequent: "had nhar" (that day), "nhar l-jem3a" (Friday). Yum is used mainly after a number ("khmstash l-yum", fifteen days; "3 iyam", three days), in expressions such as "l-yum" (today), and in more formal turns of phrase. Its plural is iyam. Note that "today" is l-yum, whereas to ask what day it is, people would rather say "ashmen nhar?".
Example
كنت عارف حيكون يوم خايب
knt 3arf 5aykoun youm 5ayb
“I knew it would be a bad day.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “youm” but also “yom”, “yum” and “yawm”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “youm” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “day, daytime”; “date, specific day”: youm in Algerian.
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.