طيون
Arabic
Etymology
Looks like an Aramaic cognate of ظَيَّان (ẓayyān), however also like exposing an Ancient Greek ending: probably a loan from Aramaic, in view of the attestation of Classical Syriac ܕܝܢܘܣ (dynws, “celandine”), a distortion of Ancient Greek χελιδόνιον (khelidónion). Compare the botanically close Arabic طُبَّاق (ṭubbāq, “Dittrichia viscosa”) having a similar correspondence ṭ /tˀ/ to d /d/.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tˤaj.juːn/
Noun
طَيُّون • (ṭayyūn) m
- Inula spp., particularly Inula viscosa (now Dittrichia viscosa)
- 2013 October 25, “ar: "الطيون".. معقم طبيعي مجاني”, in eSyria[1]:
- 2016, هيام محمود رزق, معصومه حسين علامه, اسرار الشفاء بالطبيعة, Bayrūt: دار القلم للطباعة و النشر و التوزيع, →ISBN, pages 44–45:
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | طَيُّون ṭayyūn |
الطَّيُّون aṭ-ṭayyūn |
طَيُّون ṭayyūn |
| nominative | طَيُّونٌ ṭayyūnun |
الطَّيُّونُ aṭ-ṭayyūnu |
طَيُّونُ ṭayyūnu |
| accusative | طَيُّونًا ṭayyūnan |
الطَّيُّونَ aṭ-ṭayyūna |
طَيُّونَ ṭayyūna |
| genitive | طَيُّونٍ ṭayyūnin |
الطَّيُّونِ aṭ-ṭayyūni |
طَيُّونِ ṭayyūni |