ܬܝܡܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
| Root |
|---|
| ܝ ܡ ܢ (y m n) |
| 5 terms |
Etymology edit
From Aramaic תַּיְמְנָא (taymənā), a derivative of יַמִּינָא (yammīnā, “right side”), south being the direction to one's right side when facing the sunrise; cognate to Hebrew תֵּימָן (teimán, “Yemen”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ • (taymnā) m
- south (compass point, 180° directed toward the South Pole)
Inflection edit
Inflection of ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ (taymnā)
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | |||
| m | f | ||||||
| singular | absolute | – | 1st person | ܬܲܝܡܢܝܼ (taymnī) | ܬܲܝܡܢܲܢ (taymnan) | ||
| construct | ܬܲܝܡܲܢ (tayman) |
2nd person | ܬܲܝܡܢܘܼܟ݂ (taymnūḵ) |
ܬܲܝܡܢܵܟ݂ܝ (taymnāḵ) |
ܬܲܝܡܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (taymnāwḵōn) | ||
| emphatic | ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ (taymnā) |
3rd person | ܬܲܝܡܢܹܗ (taymnēh) |
ܬܲܝܡܢܵܗ̇ (taymnāh) |
ܬܲܝܡܢܗܘܿܢ (taymnhōn) | ||
Coordinate terms edit
- (compass points) ܦܸܢܝܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܫܸܪ̈ܫܵܢܵܝܵܬ݂ܹܐ (pinyāṯē širšānāyāṯē);
| ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (garbē maˁrḇā) | ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ (garbyā) | ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (garbē maḏnḥā) |
| ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (maˁrḇā) | 
|
ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (maḏnḥā) |
| ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (tayman maˁrḇā) | ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ (taymnā) | ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (tayman maḏnḥā) |
Derived terms edit
- ܦܵܘܚܵܐ ܕܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ (pāwḥā dtaymnā, “south wind”)
- ܩܘܼܛܒܵܐ ܬܲܝܡܢܵܝܵܐ (quṭbā taymnāyā, “south pole”)
- ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (taymnāˀīṯ, “southerly”)
- ܬܲܝܡܢܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (taymnāyūṯā, “southernness”)
- ܬܲܝܡܢܵܝܵܐ (taymnāyā, “southern”)
Related terms edit
- ܝܲܡܝܼܢܵܐ (yamīnā, “right side”)
Classical Syriac edit
Etymology edit
From ܝܡܝܢܐ (yammīnā(ʾ), “right side”), south being the direction to one's right side when facing the sunrise.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܬܝܡܢܐ • (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)
Inflection edit
declension of ܬܝܡܢܐ
| state | singular (uncountable) |
|---|---|
| absolute | ܬܝܡܢ |
| construct | ܬܝܡܢ |
| emphatic | ܬܝܡܢܐ |
| possessive forms | |
| 1st c. sg. (my) | ܬܝܡܢܝ |
| 2nd m. sg. (your) | ܬܝܡܢܟ |
| 2nd f. sg. (your) | ܬܝܡܢܟܝ |
| 3rd m. sg. (his) | ܬܝܡܢܗ |
| 3rd f. sg. (her) | ܬܝܡܢܗ |
| 1st c. pl. (our) | ܬܝܡܢܢ |
| 2nd m. pl. (your) | ܬܝܡܢܟܘܢ |
| 2nd f. pl. (your) | ܬܝܡܢܟܝܢ |
| 3rd m. pl. (their) | ܬܝܡܢܗܘܢ |
| 3rd f. pl. (their) | ܬܝܡܢܗܝܢ |
Antonyms edit
References edit
- “tymn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 142a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 611a
- Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 1642a