ܡܢܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܡܢܐ (mannā)

Etymology

Ultimately from Hebrew מָן (mān), possibly via Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma(n)nnɑ]

Noun

ܡܢܢܐ • (mannā) m(uncountable)

1. (biblical) manna

Inflection

    declension of ܡܢܢܐ

state	singular (uncountable)
absolute	ܡܢܢ
construct	ܡܢܢ
emphatic	ܡܢܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܡܢܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܡܢܢܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܡܢܢܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܡܢܢܗ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܡܢܢܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܡܢܢܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܡܢܢܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܡܢܢܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܡܢܢܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܡܢܢܗܝܢ

References

• “mnnˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 187b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 282b
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 784a