Core sense — a time; a day; a day of conflictgenerated
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A time, whether night or day; time in general, whether night or not, little or much: this is the proper meaning.
Also a day, meaning the period from sunrise to sunset, the time when the sun is above the earth: this is the common conventional sense.
And the period from the second [or true] dawn to sunset: this is the legal sense. And a civil day: the period of the revolution of the greatest firmament.
1.1excellent is the brother, such a one, in the case of the accident, when it befalls us—نِعْمَ ٱلْأَخُ فُلَانٌ فِى اليَوْمِ إِذَا نَزَلَ بِنَا
Also an accident, or event; the same as كَوْنٌ and كَائِنَةٌ.
1.3he comes to us day after day, that is, every day—يَأْتِينَا يَوْمَ يَوْمَ
One says also يَوْمَ يَوْمٍ.
This occurs in a verse cited by IJ, in the section on حَقِيقَة and مَجَاز.
1.4a day-journey, or day's journey—يَوْمٌ
1.5
A day, as in the English phrase "he won the day", meaning a contest, fight, or battle: rendered a day [of conflict].
1.6the [days, in an English as well as an Arabian usage, meaning] conflicts of the Arabs—أَيَّامُ العَرَبِ
The word for conflicts here is وَقَائِع.
1.7he who thinks [only of the present day,] not of the next day—اِبْنُ يَوْمِهِ
Er-Rāghib, in the article بنى.
1.8
يَوْمُ الشَّكِّ: see شَكٌّ.
1.9
بَيْن الأَيَّامِ and فِيمَا بَيْنَ الأَيَّامِ: see نَدْرَةٌ, in two places.
Qur’ānic occurrences يَوْم 5 shown of 377
1:4
مَـٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِMaster of the Day of Judgment.
77:12
لِأَىِّ يَوْمٍ أُجِّلَتْFor what Day are these (portents) deferred?
77:13
لِيَوْمِ ٱلْفَصْلِFor the Day of Sorting out.
83:5
لِيَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍOn a Mighty Day,
85:2
وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِBy the promised Day (of Judgment);
Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.
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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) Also, An accident, or event; syn. كَوْنٌ and كَائِنَةٌ . Ex., نِعْمَ ٱلْأَخُ فُلَانٌ فِى اليَوْمِ إِذَا نَزَلَ بِنَا Excellent is the brother, such a one, in the case of the accident, when it befalls us. (T.) See نَهَارٌ . يَأْتِينَا يَوْمَ يَوْمَ He comes to us day after day, i. e., every day: (Sharh esh-Shudhoor:) and يَوْمَ يَوْمٍ . (In a verse cited by IJ. in Mz, sect. on the حَقِيقَة and مَجَاز .) يَوْمٌ A dayjourney, or day's journey. A day, as in our phrase “ he won the day; ” meaning contest, fight, or battle: I render it a day [of conflict]. أَيَّامُ العَرَبِ The [days, (agreeably with an English, as well as Arabian, usage,) meaning] conflicts ( وَقَائِع ) of the Arabs. (ISk, T.) اِبْنُ يَوْمِهِ He who thinks [only of the present day,] not of the morrow. (Er-Rághib. in TA, art. بنى .) يَوْمُ الشَّكِّ : see شَكٌّ . بَيْن الأَيَّامِ and فِيمَا بَيْنَ الأَيَّامِ : see نَدْرَةٌ , in two places.