Old English · noun
manna
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈmɑn.nɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈmɑn · nɑ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- mannamiraculouslyproducedexodusisraelitesdesert
manna1 · noun · masculine
Senses
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man
Ðā iċ mē ful ġemæcne monnan funde, heardsǣliġne, hyġeġeōmorne, mōd mīþendne, morþor-hyċġende.
When I found a fully fitting man for me, luckless, sad-minded, soul-hiding, murder-thinking.
10th century, The Wife's Lament:
Declension · weak
manna2 · noun · masculine
Senses
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manna (food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus)
Declension
manna3 · noun · inflected form
Senses
-
genitive plural of mann
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Inflected form of mann
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.
From Late Latin manna, from Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Hebrew מן (mān, “'manna”).
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