The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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JLAtg הָא ך , הֵי ך ; Syr ܐܲܝܟܼ [pron. /ˀaḵ/] (and may be compounded with following word, in which case it may also be spelled without yodh!; Mand: aiak

1 like Palm, JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBAmb, LJLA, JudSyr. --(a) as is appropriate for Syr. --(b) according to Syr.

ywm noun pl. construct

ywm, ywmˀ (yawm/yōm/yūm, yawmā) n.m. day

In Syr: the abs. is yōm/yūm and the most common pl. is yawmāṯā, BA יוֹמָתָא ; elsewhere yaw/ōm, yaw/ōmīn; there appears to be a lexical distinction between the two plurals in the older dialects, with yawmīn referring to literal "days," while yawmāṯā refers rather to "time, times," but they can be used interchangeably even in the same text: see Hugoye 14(2011):55.

  1 day Com. --(a) with number: the day of the week . (a.1) with a cardinal . (a.2) with an ordinal .
  2 pl.: time Com. --(a) lifetime Com.
  3 daytime, sun light JLAtg.
  4 emph. : today (adv.) [i.e. calque of Hebrew היום ] Sam.
  5 יום ד : conj. : when Sam.