-μάνα
Greek edit
Etymology edit
From μάνα (mána, “mum, ma”).
Suffix edit
-μάνα • (-mána) f (plural: -μάνες)
- second combining form of feminine nouns for "mother"
- with characteristic of her child
- λεβέντης (levéntis, “braveheart lad”) + -μάνα (-mána) → λεβεντομάνα (leventomána, “a mother of heroes”)
- with characteristic denoted by the first combining form
- augments what first combining form denotes
Usage notes edit
- Old spelling as in medieval μάννα
Declension edit
declension of -μάνα