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Russian
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
Noun
тимья́н • (timʹján) m inan (genitive тимья́на, nominative plural тимья́ны, genitive plural тимья́нов, diminutive тимья́нчик)
- thyme
- Synonym: чабре́ц (čabréc)
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- тимьян in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru