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

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

Inflection of ܬܝܡܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܬܝܡܢ		1st person	ܬܝܡܢܝ		ܬܝܡܢܢ
	construct	ܬܝܡܢ		2nd person	ܬܝܡܢܟ	ܬܝܡܢܟܝ	ܬܝܡܢܟܘܢ	ܬܝܡܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܬܝܡܢܐ		3rd person	ܬܝܡܢܗ	ܬܝܡܢܗ	ܬܝܡܢܗܘܢ	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