timjami
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Swedish timjan, from Middle High German thimiān, from Latin thymiama, from Ancient Greek θυμίαμα (thumíama, “incense”); at some point (in Latin or German) semantically influenced by Latin thymum, from Ancient Greek θύμον (thúmon, “thyme”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
timjami
- garden thyme, thyme, Thymus vulgaris
- thyme (leaves of this plant used in cooking)
Declension edit
Inflection of timjami (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | timjami | timjamit | ||
genitive | timjamin | timjamien timjameiden timjameitten | ||
partitive | timjamia | timjameita timjameja | ||
illative | timjamiin | timjameihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | timjami | timjamit | ||
accusative | nom. | timjami | timjamit | |
gen. | timjamin | |||
genitive | timjamin | timjamien timjameiden timjameitten | ||
partitive | timjamia | timjameita timjameja | ||
inessive | timjamissa | timjameissa | ||
elative | timjamista | timjameista | ||
illative | timjamiin | timjameihin | ||
adessive | timjamilla | timjameilla | ||
ablative | timjamilta | timjameilta | ||
allative | timjamille | timjameille | ||
essive | timjamina | timjameina | ||
translative | timjamiksi | timjameiksi | ||
abessive | timjamitta | timjameitta | ||
instructive | — | timjamein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
- (Thymus vulgaris): tarha-ajuruoho
Hypernyms edit
- ajuruoho (“thyme”) (plant of the genus Thymus)
Further reading edit
- “timjami”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03