ܬܝܡܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܝ ܡ ܢ (y m n)
5 terms

Etymology

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

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [tajm.nɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [tajm.nɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [tem.nɑː]

Noun

ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ • (taymnā) m

1. south (compass point, 180° directed toward the South Pole)

Inflection

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

• (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

• ܦܵܘܚܵܐ ܕܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ (pāwḥā dtaymnā, “south wind”)
• ܩܘܼܛܒܵܐ ܬܲܝܡܢܵܝܵܐ (quṭbā taymnāyā, “south pole”)
• ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (taymnāˀīṯ, “southerly”)
• ܬܲܝܡܢܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (taymnāyūṯā, “southernness”)
• ܬܲܝܡܢܵܝܵܐ (taymnāyā, “southern”)

 

Related terms

• ܝܲܡܝܼܢܵܐ (yamīnā, “right side”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܝܡܝܢܐ (yammīnā(ʾ), “right side”), south being the direction to one's right side when facing the sunrise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tajm(ə)nɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܬܝܡܢܐ • (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)

1. south
2. south wind

Inflection

    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

• ܓܪܒܝܐ

References

• “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