يَوْم

yawomN * A time, whether night or day; (Msb;) time absolutely, whether night or not, little or not: this is the proper signification: (Kull, p. 390:) and day, meaning the period from the rising of the sun to its setting; (Lth, TA:) the time when the sun is above the earth: this is the common conventional acceptation: (Kull, ubi suprà:) and the period from the second [ or true ] dawn to sunset: (Msb, Kull:) this is the legal acceptation: (Kull:) and a civil day: the period of the revolution of the greatest firmament. (Kull) ― -b2- Also, An accident, or event; syn. kawonN and kaAy^inapN . Ex., niEoma A@loA^axu fulaAnN fiY Alyawomi A_i*aA nazala binaA Excellent is the brother, such a one, in the case of the accident, when it befalls us. (T.) ― -b3- See nahaArN . ― -b4- yaA^otiynaA yawoma yawoma He comes to us day after day, i. e., every day: (Sharh esh-Shudhoor:) and yawoma yawomK . (In a verse cited by IJ. in Mz, sect. on the Haqiyqap and majaAz .) ― -b5- yawomN A dayjourney, or day's journey. ― -b6- A day, as in our phrase “ he won the day; ” meaning contest, fight, or battle: I render it a day [ of conflict ]. ― -b7- A^ay~aAmu AlEarabi The [ days, (agreeably with an English, as well as Arabian, usage,) meaning] conflicts ( waqaAy^iE ) of the Arabs. (ISk, T.) ― -b8- Aibonu yawomihi He who thinks [ only of the present day, ] not of the morrow. (Er-Rághib. in TA, art. bnY .) ― -b9- yawomu Al$~ak~i : see $ak~N . ― -b10- bayon AlA^ay~aAmi and fiymaA bayona AlA^ay~aAmi : see nadorapN , in two places.