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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew מָן (mān, “manna”).
Noun
μάννα • (mánna) f
- manna
Descendants
References
- “μάννα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μάννα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μάννα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G3131 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- μάννα in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Greek
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek μάμμη (mámmē, “grandmother”).
Noun
μάννα • (mánna) f
- Alternative spelling of μάνα (mána)
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Hebrew מן (mān, “'manna”).
Noun
μάννα • (mánna) n (indeclinable)
- manna