тимьян
Russian
Alternative forms
- тимья́нъ (timʹján) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic темьанъ (temĭanŭ), from Old Church Slavonic темьꙗнъ (temĭjanŭ), from Ancient Greek θῡμίαμα (thūmíama, “incense for smoking”), from θῡμιάω (thūmiáō, “to burn incense, to burn, to smoke (something)”), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”) (cognate with Russian дым (dym, “smoke”), Lithuanian dū́mas (“smoke”), Latin fūmus (“smoke”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke”). Doublet of фимиа́м (fimiám)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tʲɪˈm⁽ʲ⁾jan]
Noun
тимья́н • (timʹján) m inan (genitive тимья́на, nominative plural тимья́ны, genitive plural тимья́нов, diminutive тимья́нчик)
Declension
Declension of тимья́н (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
Descendants
- → Yiddish: טימיאַן (timyan)
Further reading
- тимьян in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru