тимьян
Russian edit
Alternative forms edit
- тимья́нъ (timʹján) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology edit
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”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
тимья́н • (timʹján) m inan (genitive тимья́на, nominative plural тимья́ны, genitive plural тимья́нов, diminutive тимья́нчик)
Declension edit
Declension of тимья́н (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
Further reading edit
- тимьян in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru