-μάνα
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Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From μάνα (mána, “mum, ma”).
Suffix[edit]
-μάνα • (-mána) f (plural: -μάνες)
- second combining form of feminine nouns for "mother"
- with characteristic of her child
- λεβέντης (levéntis, “braveheart lad”) + -μάνα (-mána) → λεβεντομάνα (leventomána, “a mother of heroes”)
- with characteristic denoted by the first combining form
- augments what first combining form denotes
Usage notes[edit]
- Old spelling as in medieval μάννα
Declension[edit]
declension of -μάνα