ܬܝܡܢܐ
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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Inherited 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
Noun
ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ • (taymnā) m
- south (compass point, 180° directed toward the South Pole)
Inflection
| number | isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܬܲܝܡܲܢ (tayman) | 1st person | ܬܲܝܡܢܝܼ (taymnī) | ܬܲܝܡܢܲܢ (taymnan) | |||
| construct | ܬܲܝܡܲܢ (tayman) | 2nd person | ܬܲܝܡܢܘܼܟ݂ (taymnōḵ) | ܬܲܝܡܢܵܟ݂ܝ (taymnāḵ) | ܬܲܝܡܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (taymnawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ (taymnā) | 3rd person | ܬܲܝܡܢܹܗ (taymnēh) | ܬܲܝܡܢܵܗ̇ (taymnāh) | ܬܲܝܡܢܗܘܿܢ (taymnhōn) | |||
Coordinate terms
compass points: ܦܸܢ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܫܸܪ̈ܫܵܢܵܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (pinyāṯā širšānāyāṯā):
| 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
- ܦܲܘܚܵܐ ܕܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ (pawḥā 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, “right side”), south being the direction to one's right side when facing the sunrise.
Pronunciation
Noun
ܬܝܡܢܐ • (transliteration needed) f(uncountable)
Inflection
| 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
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, page 142a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, →ISBN, page 1642a