ayyam

Afar

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَيَّام (ʔayyām), plural of يَوْم (yawm, “day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ajˈjam/, [ʔʌjˈjʌm]
• Hyphenation: ayyam

Noun

ayyám m (plural ayyoomá f)

1. week (period of seven days)

Declension

Declension of ayyám
absolutive	ayyám
predicative	ayyáama
subjective	ayyám
genitive	ayyám
Postpositioned forms l-case ayyáamal k-case ayyáamak t-case ayyáamat h-case ayyáamah

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ayyam”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN