manna

See also mánná, and männä

English

Alternative forms

• (possibly archaic) mana

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin manna, from Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Hebrew מן (mān, “'manna”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ænə
• Homophones: manner, manor

Noun

manna (uncountable)

1. Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
2. By extension, any good thing which comes into one's hands by luck or good fortune.
3. The sugary sap of the manna gum tree which oozes out from holes drilled by insects and falls to the ground around the tree.[1]
   • 1966, Bill Beatty, Tales of Old Australia, National Distributors, ISBN 1-86436-013-5, page 14, discussing old Australian foods

     The icing on the cake was made from manna, which was gathered under the manna gums. Manna mixed with milk made a splendid icing.

Derived terms

• manna ash
• mannitol
• mannose

Translations

food

• Arabic: مَنّ (ar) (mann) m
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܡܢܢܐ

• Armenian: մանանա (hy) (manana)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嗎哪 (cmn), 吗哪 (cmn) (mǎnǎ)

• Finnish: manna (fi)
• French: manne (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can

• German: Manna (de) f and n
• Greek: μάννα (el) (mánna) n
• Hebrew: מן (he) (man) m
• Japanese: マンナ (ja) (manna)
• Russian: манна (ru) (mánna) f
• Spanish: maná (es) m
• Swahili: mana (sw)
• Swedish: manna (sv) c

any good thing

• Finnish: manna (fi)

• Swedish: manna (sv) c

sugary sap of the manna gum tree

• Finnish: manna (fi)

• Swedish: manna (sv) c

External links

• Manna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Annam

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Finnish

Etymology

From the Bible.

Noun

manna

1. (biblical) manna (food substance)
2. manna (any good thing)
3. semolina

Declension

Declension of manna (type kala) singular plural nominative manna – genitive mannan – partitive mannaa – accusative manna mannan – inessive mannassa – elative mannasta – illative mannaan – adessive mannalla – ablative mannalta – allative mannalle – essive mannana – translative mannaksi – instructive – – abessive mannatta – comitative – – 1) Rare.

Synonyms

• (any good thing): nanna (especially food)

Derived terms

• mannapuuro
• mannaryyni
• mannasuurimo

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Gothic

Romanization

manna

1. See 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰

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Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /manːa/

Pronoun

manna (demonstrative) (plural makku)

1. proximal absolutive singular; this here, he/she/it here.

Declension

    declension of manna

	singular	plural
absolutive	manna	makku
ergative	matuma	makkua
allative	matumunnga	makkununnga
ablative	matumannga	makkunannga
prosecutive	matumuuna	makkunuuna
locative	matumani	makkunani
instrumental	uuminnga	makkuninnga
equative	matumatut	makkunatut

See also

• una - that nearby
• innga - that yonder
• kanna - that down a medial distance
• sanna - that down a long distance
• pinnga - that up a medial distance
• panna - that up a long distance
• qanna - that in there/out there
• anna - that in the north
• kinnga - that in the south/that outside
• inna - that which is invisible

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Noun

manna f (plural manne)

1. manna (all senses)

Related terms

• albero della manna
• frassino da manna
• manneto

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Latin

Noun

manna (genitive mannae); f, first declension

1. manna

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	manna	mannae
genitive	mannae	mannārum
dative	mannae	mannīs
accusative	mannam	mannās
ablative	mannā	mannīs
vocative	manna	mannae

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Ter Sami

Noun

manna

1. moon
2. month