Aramaic

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Etymology

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Related to Old Armenian անանուխ (ananux).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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נענע (transliteration neededm (uncountable)

  1. Mentha (mint)

Synonyms

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Hebrew

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Etymology 1

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נענע
Root
נ־ע־נ־ע (n-ʿ-n-ʿ)

Related to Old Armenian անանուխ (ananux).

Noun

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נַעְנַע (na'na'f

  1. mint (the plant or its flavor)

Etymology 2

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pilpel derivation of the root נ־ו־ע.

Verb

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נִעְנֵעַ (ni'néa') (pi'el construction)

  1. (transitive) to shake (something from side to side, say)
Conjugation
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References

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  • נענע” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

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