μάννα

See also: Appendix:Variations of "manna"

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מָן (mān, “manna”).

Noun

μάννα • (mánna) f

1. manna

Descendants

• Greek: μάννα (mánna)
• → Late Latin: manna
  • → Old English:
    • Middle English:
      • English: manna
  • → Italian: manna (semi-learned)
  • → Polish: manna (learned)
  • → Sicilian: manna (semi-learned)

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

1. Alternative spelling of μάνα (mána)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

μάννα • (mánna) n (indeclinable)

1. manna