manna

See also: Manna, mánna, mánná, männä, maŋŋá, månnå, and manną

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmænə/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ænə
• Homophones: manner, manor (non-rhotic dialects only)

Noun

manna (countable and uncountable, plural mannas)

1. (biblical) Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 16:14-15:

     And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.

   • 1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China‎^[1], London: John Macock, →OCLC, page 242:

     In the juriſdiction of Huquang there are ſeveral places where they gather up great store of Manna, which the Natives take for a Frozen Dew.

   • 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iv:

     The leaves of the foreſt were loaded with manna, pure amber dropped from every bough, honey diſtilled from the rifted rock, and the humming bee, drunk with joy, ſtrayed from flower to flower, forgetful of his burſting cells.

2. (by extension) Any boon which comes into one's hands by good luck.
   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

     Fair ladies, you drop manna in the way / Of starved people.

   • 2010, Giancarlo Gandolfo, Economic Dynamics, 4th edition, Springer, page 197f:

     The introduction of technical progress in this model can be made in a very simple manner if we assume that it is of the ‘disembodied’ type, that is, something like manna that falls from heaven on all capital goods, old and new. [emphasis in original]

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.[2]
   • 1966, Bill Beatty, Tales of Old Australia, National Distributors, →ISBN, 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

• Australian manna (from Eucalyptus viminalis, E. gunnii, E. pulverulenta)
• manna ash (Fraxinus ornus)
• manna croup
• manna grass, mannagrass (Glyceria spp.)
• manna gum (Eucalyptus viminalis, E. gunnii, E. pulverulenta)
• manna mealybug (Trabutina crassispinosa or Trabutina mannipara)
• manna scale (Trabutina crassispinosa or Trabutina mannipara)
• mannitol
• mannose
• Persian manna (Astragalus brachycalyx)
• tamarisk manna scale (Trabutina mannipara)

Translations

food

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

  Classical Syriac: ܡܢܢܐ

• Armenian: մանանա (hy) (manana)
• Bulgarian: манна f (manna)
• Catalan: mannà m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嗎哪／吗哪 (zh) (mǎnǎ)

• Esperanto: manao
• Faroese: manna n
• Finnish: manna (fi)
• French: manne (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Manna (de) f or n
• Greek: μάννα (el) n (mánna)

  Ancient: μάννα n (mánna)

• Hebrew: מָן (he) m (man)
• Icelandic: manna n
• Indonesian: mana (id)
• Irish: manna m
• Italian: manna (it) f
• Japanese: マンナ (manna)
• Khmer: ម៉ាណា (maanaa)
• Ngazidja Comorian: mani class 9
• Polish: manna (pl) f
• Portuguese: maná (pt) m
• Romanian: mană (ro) f
• Russian: ма́нна (ru) f (mánna)
• Spanish: maná (es) m
• Swahili: mana (sw)
• Swedish: manna (sv) c
• Tagalog: mana
• Yiddish: מן m (man)

any good thing

• Finnish: manna (fi)
• French: manne (fr) f
• Polish: manna z nieba (pl) f
• Romanian: mană (ro) f
• Swedish: manna (sv) c

sugary sap of the manna gum tree

• Finnish: manna (fi)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: گەزۆ (gezo)

  Northern Kurdish: gezo (ku) m

• Polish: manna (pl) f
• Romanian: mană (ro) f
• Swedish: manna (sv) c

Further reading

• manna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Amann, Annam

Faroese

Etymology

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

Noun

manna n (genitive singular manna, uncountable)

1. manna
2. (botany) fruit of an elm tree

Declension

Declension of manna (singular only)
n1s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	manna	mannað
accusative	manna	mannað
dative	manna	mannanum
genitive	manna	mannans

Derived terms

• mannaask

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnːɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝nːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑnːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): man‧na

Noun

manna

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

Declension

Inflection of manna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		manna	—
genitive		mannan	—
partitive		mannaa	—
illative		mannaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		manna	—
accusative	nom.	manna	—
	gen.	mannan
genitive		mannan	—
partitive		mannaa	—
inessive		mannassa	—
elative		mannasta	—
illative		mannaan	—
adessive		mannalla	—
ablative		mannalta	—
allative		mannalle	—
essive		mannana	—
translative		mannaksi	—
abessive		mannatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of manna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mannani — accusative nom. mannani — gen. mannani genitive mannani — partitive mannaani — inessive mannassani — elative mannastani — illative mannaani — adessive mannallani — ablative mannaltani — allative mannalleni — essive mannanani — translative mannakseni — abessive mannattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mannasi — accusative nom. mannasi — gen. mannasi genitive mannasi — partitive mannaasi — inessive mannassasi — elative mannastasi — illative mannaasi — adessive mannallasi — ablative mannaltasi — allative mannallesi — essive mannanasi — translative mannaksesi — abessive mannattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mannamme — accusative nom. mannamme — gen. mannamme genitive mannamme — partitive mannaamme — inessive mannassamme — elative mannastamme — illative mannaamme — adessive mannallamme — ablative mannaltamme — allative mannallemme — essive mannanamme — translative mannaksemme — abessive mannattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mannanne — accusative nom. mannanne — gen. mannanne genitive mannanne — partitive mannaanne — inessive mannassanne — elative mannastanne — illative mannaanne — adessive mannallanne — ablative mannaltanne — allative mannallenne — essive mannananne — translative mannaksenne — abessive mannattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative mannansa — accusative nom. mannansa — gen. mannansa genitive mannansa — partitive mannaansa — inessive mannassaan mannassansa — elative mannastaan mannastansa — illative mannaansa — adessive mannallaan mannallansa — ablative mannaltaan mannaltansa — allative mannalleen mannallensa — essive mannanaan mannanansa — translative mannakseen mannaksensa — abessive mannattaan mannattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

compounds

• mannapuuro
• mannaryyni
• mannasaarni
• mannasokeri
• mannasuurimo
• mannavelli

 

Further reading

• “manna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• manan

Gothic

Romanization

manna

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manːa/

Pronoun

manna

1. (demonstrative) proximal pronoun; this here, he/she/it here.
   • 2001 Louise Richter, for the Greenlandic Directorate of Culture, Education, Research and Ecclesiastical Affairs/Inerisaavik: "Kisitsineq/matematikki: Misilitsinnerit, naliliineq, atuartitsineq", p. 54

     Ukioq manna annertusisamik misilitsinnermi akissutit 431-iupput.

     This year, there were 431 answers to the expanded test.

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”)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanːa/
• Rhymes: -anːa

Etymology 1

Verb

manna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative mannaði, supine mannað)

1. to man

Conjugation

manna — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að manna
supine (sagnbót)		mannað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		mannandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég manna	við mönnum	present (nútíð)	ég manni	við mönnum
	þú mannar	þið mannið		þú mannir	þið mannið
	hann, hún, það mannar	þeir, þær, þau manna		hann, hún, það manni	þeir, þær, þau manni
past (þátíð)	ég mannaði	við mönnuðum	past (þátíð)	ég mannaði	við mönnuðum
	þú mannaðir	þið mönnuðuð		þú mannaðir	þið mönnuðuð
	hann, hún, það mannaði	þeir, þær, þau mönnuðu		hann, hún, það mannaði	þeir, þær, þau mönnuðu
imperative (boðháttur)	manna (þú)	mannið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	mannaðu	manniði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

mannast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að mannast
supine (sagnbót)		mannast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		mannandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég mannast	við mönnumst	present (nútíð)	ég mannist	við mönnumst
	þú mannast	þið mannist		þú mannist	þið mannist
	hann, hún, það mannast	þeir, þær, þau mannast		hann, hún, það mannist	þeir, þær, þau mannist
past (þátíð)	ég mannaðist	við mönnuðumst	past (þátíð)	ég mannaðist	við mönnuðumst
	þú mannaðist	þið mönnuðust		þú mannaðist	þið mönnuðust
	hann, hún, það mannaðist	þeir, þær, þau mönnuðust		hann, hún, það mannaðist	þeir, þær, þau mönnuðust
imperative (boðháttur)	mannast (þú)	mannist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	mannastu	mannisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

mannaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	mannaður	mönnuð	mannað		mannaðir	mannaðar	mönnuð
accusative (þolfall)	mannaðan	mannaða	mannað		mannaða	mannaðar	mönnuð
dative (þágufall)	mönnuðum	mannaðri	mönnuðu		mönnuðum	mönnuðum	mönnuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	mannaðs	mannaðrar	mannaðs		mannaðra	mannaðra	mannaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	mannaði	mannaða	mannaða		mönnuðu	mönnuðu	mönnuðu
accusative (þolfall)	mannaða	mönnuðu	mannaða		mönnuðu	mönnuðu	mönnuðu
dative (þágufall)	mannaða	mönnuðu	mannaða		mönnuðu	mönnuðu	mönnuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	mannaða	mönnuðu	mannaða		mönnuðu	mönnuðu	mönnuðu

Noun

manna

1. indefinite genitive plural of maður

Etymology 2

Old Norse manna, from Late Latin manna.

Noun

manna n (genitive singular manna, no plural)

1. manna

Declension

declension of manna

n-w	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	manna	mannað
accusative	manna	mannað
dative	manna	mannanu
genitive	manna	mannans

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian манна (manna) (cf. the derived манка (manka), манный (mannyj)), ultimately from Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna).

Related to Finnish manna and Estonian manna.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnːɑ/, [ˈmɑnː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnːɑ/, [ˈmɑnːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnː, -ɑnːɑ
• Hyphenation: man‧na

Noun

manna

1. semolina

Declension

Declension of manna (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	manna	mannat
genitive	mannan	mannoin
partitive	mannaa	mannoja
illative	mannaa	mannoi
inessive	mannaas	mannois
elative	mannast	mannoist
allative	mannalle	mannoille
adessive	mannaal	mannoil
ablative	mannalt	mannoilt
translative	mannaks	mannoiks
essive	mannanna, mannaan	mannoinna, mannoin
exessive1)	mannant	mannoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• mannasuurima

 

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 296

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈman.na/
• Rhymes: -anna
• Hyphenation: màn‧na

Etymology 1

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

Noun

manna f (plural manne)

1. manna (all senses)

Related terms

• albero della manna
• frassino da manna
• manneto

Etymology 2

Noun

manna f (plural manne)

1. sheaf
2. (heraldry) garb

Synonyms

• covone

Anagrams

• Annam

Kavalan

Pronoun

manna

1. (interrogative) why

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Biblical Hebrew מן (man).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈman.na/, [ˈmänːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈman.na/, [ˈmänːä]

Noun

manna f (genitive mannae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) manna

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	manna	mannae
Genitive	mannae	mannārum
Dative	mannae	mannīs
Accusative	mannam	mannās
Ablative	mannā	mannīs
Vocative	manna	mannae

References

• “manna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• manna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Hebrew מן (mān, “'manna”).

Noun

manna m (definite singular mannaen, indefinite plural mannaer or mannaar, definite plural mannaene or mannaane)

1. (biblical) manna
2. a sweetish tree sap, especially of the manna ash

Derived terms

• mannaask m
• mannalav n

Etymology 2

From mann (“man”) +‎ -a.

Alternative forms

• manne (e- and split infinitives)

Verb

manna (present tense mannar, past tense manna, past participle manna, passive infinitive mannast, present participle mannande, imperative manna/mann)

1. to man

Derived terms

• mannast

References

• “manna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• namna

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑn.nɑ/

Noun

manna

1. genitive plural of mann

Old Norse

Noun

manna

1. genitive plural of maðr

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin manna, from Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Hebrew מן (man).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈman.na/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -anna
• Syllabification: man‧na

Noun

manna f

1. farina

   Synonyms: grysik, kasza manna

2. (biblical) manna (food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus)
3. mannagrass, sweetgrass (any of several perennial grasses of the genus Glyceria)
4. manna (sugary sap of the manna gum tree)
5. rim lichen (any lichen of the genus Lecanora)

   Synonym: misecznica

Declension

Declension of manna

	singular	plural
nominative	manna	manny
genitive	manny	mann
dative	mannie	mannom
accusative	mannę	manny
instrumental	manną	mannami
locative	mannie	mannach
vocative	manno	manny

Derived terms

adjectives

• manniany
• mannowy

 

nouns

• manna z nieba
• mannica
• mannit
• mannitol
• mannoza

 

Further reading

• manna in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• manna in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Sardinian

Etymology

Cognate to Italian manna.

Noun

manna f (plural mannas)

1. sheaf
2. (heraldry) garb

Related terms

màiga f, mannuciu m

Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji meena, Hadiyya manna and Kambaata manna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanːa/
• Hyphenation: man‧na

Noun

manna m (singulative mancho m or f)

1. (collective) people

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 38
• Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “manna”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Ter Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *mānō.

Noun

manna

1. moon
2. month

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[4], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland