mannan

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See also: Mannan and männän

English

Etymology

From mann(ose) +‎ -an.

Noun

mannan (plural mannans)

  1. (biochemistry) A plant polysaccharide that is a highly branched polymer of mannose (or galactose or glucose).

Derived terms

Translations

Finnish

Noun

mannan

  1. genitive singular of manna

Gothic

Romanization

mannan

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmannan/

Etymology 1

From mannan (“having gone”), the past participle of mannat (“to go”).

Adjective

mannan (comparative , superlative )

  1. previous, last
Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

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

Etymology 2

From mannat +‎ -n.

Noun

mannan

  1. journey
  2. traffic
Inflection
Odd, no gradation
Nominative mannan
Genitive mannama
Singular Plural
Nominative mannan mannamat
Accusative mannama mannamiid
Genitive mannama mannamiid
Illative mannamii mannamiidda
Locative mannamis mannamiin
Comitative mannamiin mannamiiguin
Essive mannamin
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person mannaman mannameamẹ mannameamẹt
2nd person mannamat mannameattẹ mannameattẹt
3rd person mannamis mannameaskkạ mannameasẹt
Derived terms
Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mannan

  1. past indicative connegative of mannat

Participle

mannan

  1. past participle of mannat

Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

mannan

  1. inflection of manna:
    1. nominative plural
    2. accusative singular/plural
    3. genitive/dative singular
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