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Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
ма́нна • (mánna) f inan (genitive ма́нны, nominative plural ма́нны, genitive plural манн)
- (biblical) manna
- манна небесная ― manna nebesnaja ― manna from heaven
- ждать чего-либо как манны небесной ― ždatʹ čevo-libo kak manny nebesnoj ― to wait for something like manna from heaven; to be dying to see something
- питаться манной небесной ― pitatʹsja mannoj nebesnoj ― to live on air
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- манна in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
Yakut
Etymology
From earlier *munda < *bunda < *bunta, from Proto-Turkic *bun-ta (“here”), locative of *bu(n) (“this”). see бу (bu), Cognate with Turkish bunda.
Adverb
манна • (manna)
- here