Aramaic edit

Etymology edit

Related to Old Armenian անանուխ (ananux).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

נענע (transliteration neededm (uncountable)

  1. Mentha (mint)

Synonyms edit

Hebrew edit

Etymology 1 edit

 
נענע
Root
נ־ע־נ־ע (n-ʿ-n-ʿ)

Related to Old Armenian անանուխ (ananux).

Noun edit

נַעְנַע (na'na'f

  1. mint (the plant or its flavor)

Etymology 2 edit

pilpel derivation of the root נ־ו־ע.

Verb edit

נִעְנֵעַ (ni'néa') third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

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

References edit

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

Further reading edit