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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʲɪˈm⁽ʲ⁾jan]

Noun

тимья́н • (timʹján) m inan (genitive тимья́на, nominative plural тимья́ны, genitive plural тимья́нов, diminutive тимья́нчик)

1. thyme

   Synonym: чабре́ц (čabréc)

Declension

Declension of тимья́н (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	тимья́н timʹján	тимья́ны timʹjány
genitive	тимья́на timʹjána	тимья́нов timʹjánov
dative	тимья́ну timʹjánu	тимья́нам timʹjánam
accusative	тимья́н timʹján	тимья́ны timʹjány
instrumental	тимья́ном timʹjánom	тимья́нами timʹjánami
prepositional	тимья́не timʹjáne	тимья́нах timʹjánax

Descendants

• → Yiddish: טימיאַן (timyan)

Further reading

• тимьян in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru