manna

See also: Appendix:Variations of "manna"

English

Alternative forms

• (possibly archaic) mana

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin manna, from Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Hebrew מן (mān, “'manna”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmænə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ænə
• Homophones: manner, manor (non-rhotic)

Noun

manna (countable and uncountable, plural mannas)

1. (biblical) Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 16:14-15:

     And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.

   • 1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China‎^[1], London: John Macock, →OCLC, page 242:

     In the juriſdiction of Huquang there are ſeveral places where they gather up great store of Manna, which the Natives take for a Frozen Dew.

   • 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iv:

     The leaves of the foreſt were loaded with manna, pure amber dropped from every bough, honey diſtilled from the rifted rock, and the humming bee, drunk with joy, ſtrayed from flower to flower, forgetful of his burſting cells.

2. (by extension) Any boon which comes into one's hands by good luck.
   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

     Fair ladies, you drop manna in the way / Of starved people.

   • 2010, Giancarlo Gandolfo, Economic Dynamics, 4th edition, Springer, page 197f:

     The introduction of technical progress in this model can be made in a very simple manner if we assume that it is of the ‘disembodied’ type, that is, something like manna that falls from heaven on all capital goods, old and new. [emphasis in original]

3. The sugary sap of the manna gum tree which oozes out from holes drilled by insects and falls to the ground around the tree.[2]
   • 1966, Bill Beatty, Tales of Old Australia, National Distributors, →ISBN, page 14, discussing old Australian foods

     The icing on the cake was made from manna, which was gathered under the manna gums. Manna mixed with milk made a splendid icing.

Derived terms

• Australian manna (from Eucalyptus viminalis, E. gunnii, E. pulverulenta)
• manna ash (Fraxinus ornus)
• manna croup
• manna from heaven
• manna grass, mannagrass (Glyceria spp.)
• manna gum (Eucalyptus viminalis, E. gunnii, E. pulverulenta)
• manna mealybug (Trabutina crassispinosa or Trabutina mannipara)
• manna scale (Trabutina crassispinosa or Trabutina mannipara)
• mannitol
• mannose
• Persian manna (Astragalus brachycalyx)
• tamarisk manna scale (Trabutina mannipara)

Translations

food

• Arabic: مَنّ (ar) m (mann)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܡܢܢܐ m (mannā)

  Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: מַנָּא m (mannā)

• Armenian: մանանա (hy) (manana)
• Bulgarian: манна f (manna)
• Catalan: mannà m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 嗎哪 / 吗哪 (maa⁵ naa⁴)

  Mandarin: 嗎哪 / 吗哪 (zh) (mǎnǎ)

• Esperanto: manao
• Faroese: manna n
• Finnish: manna (fi)
• French: manne (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Manna (de) f or n
• Greek: μάννα (el) n (mánna)

  Ancient: μάννα n (mánna)

• Hebrew: מָן (he) m (man)
• Icelandic: manna n
• Indonesian: mana (id)
• Irish: manna m
• Italian: manna (it) f
• Japanese: マンナ (manna)
• Khmer: ម៉ាណា (maanaa)
• Lao: ມານາ (mā nā)
• Ngazidja Comorian: mani class 9
• Persian: گزانگبین (fa) (gazangebin)
• Polish: manna (pl) f
• Portuguese: maná (pt) m
• Romanian: mană (ro) f
• Russian: ма́нна (ru) f (mánna)
• Spanish: maná (es) m
• Swahili: mana (sw)
• Swedish: manna (sv) c
• Tagalog: mana
• Thai: มานา
• Yiddish: מן m (man)

any good thing

• Finnish: manna (fi)
• French: manne (fr) f
• Polish: manna z nieba (pl) f
• Romanian: mană (ro) f
• Swedish: manna (sv) c

sugary sap of the manna gum tree

• Finnish: manna (fi)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: گەزۆ (gezo)

  Northern Kurdish: gezo (ku) m

• Persian: گزانگبین (fa) (gazangebin)
• Polish: manna (pl) f
• Romanian: mană (ro) f
• Swedish: manna (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Woiwurrung: ^{(please verify)} kun-am boora

Further reading

• manna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Amann, Annam

Faroese

Etymology

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

Noun

manna n (genitive singular manna, uncountable)

1. manna
2. (botany) fruit of an elm tree

Declension

n1s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	manna	mannað
accusative	manna	mannað
dative	manna	mannanum
genitive	manna	mannans

Derived terms

• mannaask

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnːɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝nːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑnːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): man‧na

Noun

manna

1. (biblical) manna (food substance)
2. manna (any good thing)
3. semolina

Declension

Inflection of manna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		manna	mannat
genitive		mannan	mannojen
partitive		mannaa	mannoja
illative		mannaan	mannoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		manna	mannat
accusative	nom.	manna	mannat
	gen.	mannan
genitive		mannan	mannojen mannain rare
partitive		mannaa	mannoja
inessive		mannassa	mannoissa
elative		mannasta	mannoista
illative		mannaan	mannoihin
adessive		mannalla	mannoilla
ablative		mannalta	mannoilta
allative		mannalle	mannoille
essive		mannana	mannoina
translative		mannaksi	mannoiksi
abessive		mannatta	mannoitta
instructive		—	mannoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of manna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mannani mannani accusative nom. mannani mannani gen. mannani genitive mannani mannojeni mannaini rare partitive mannaani mannojani inessive mannassani mannoissani elative mannastani mannoistani illative mannaani mannoihini adessive mannallani mannoillani ablative mannaltani mannoiltani allative mannalleni mannoilleni essive mannanani mannoinani translative mannakseni mannoikseni abessive mannattani mannoittani instructive — — comitative — mannoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mannasi mannasi accusative nom. mannasi mannasi gen. mannasi genitive mannasi mannojesi mannaisi rare partitive mannaasi mannojasi inessive mannassasi mannoissasi elative mannastasi mannoistasi illative mannaasi mannoihisi adessive mannallasi mannoillasi ablative mannaltasi mannoiltasi allative mannallesi mannoillesi essive mannanasi mannoinasi translative mannaksesi mannoiksesi abessive mannattasi mannoittasi instructive — — comitative — mannoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mannamme mannamme accusative nom. mannamme mannamme gen. mannamme genitive mannamme mannojemme mannaimme rare partitive mannaamme mannojamme inessive mannassamme mannoissamme elative mannastamme mannoistamme illative mannaamme mannoihimme adessive mannallamme mannoillamme ablative mannaltamme mannoiltamme allative mannallemme mannoillemme essive mannanamme mannoinamme translative mannaksemme mannoiksemme abessive mannattamme mannoittamme instructive — — comitative — mannoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mannanne mannanne accusative nom. mannanne mannanne gen. mannanne genitive mannanne mannojenne mannainne rare partitive mannaanne mannojanne inessive mannassanne mannoissanne elative mannastanne mannoistanne illative mannaanne mannoihinne adessive mannallanne mannoillanne ablative mannaltanne mannoiltanne allative mannallenne mannoillenne essive mannananne mannoinanne translative mannaksenne mannoiksenne abessive mannattanne mannoittanne instructive — — comitative — mannoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative mannansa mannansa accusative nom. mannansa mannansa gen. mannansa genitive mannansa mannojensa mannainsa rare partitive mannaansa mannojaan mannojansa inessive mannassaan mannassansa mannoissaan mannoissansa elative mannastaan mannastansa mannoistaan mannoistansa illative mannaansa mannoihinsa adessive mannallaan mannallansa mannoillaan mannoillansa ablative mannaltaan mannaltansa mannoiltaan mannoiltansa allative mannalleen mannallensa mannoilleen mannoillensa essive mannanaan mannanansa mannoinaan mannoinansa translative mannakseen mannaksensa mannoikseen mannoiksensa abessive mannattaan mannattansa mannoittaan mannoittansa instructive — — comitative — mannoineen mannoinensa

Synonyms

• (any good thing): nanna (especially food)

Derived terms

compounds

• mannapuuro
• mannaryyni
• mannasaarni
• mannasokeri
• mannasuurimo
• mannavelli

Further reading

• “manna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• manan

Gothic

Romanization

manna

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /manna/, [mən.na]

Pronoun

manna

1. (demonstrative) proximal pronoun; this here, he/she/it here.
   • 2001 Louise Richter, for the Greenlandic Directorate of Culture, Education, Research and Ecclesiastical Affairs/Inerisaavik: "Kisitsineq/matematikki: Misilitsinnerit, naliliineq, atuartitsineq", p. 54

     Ukioq manna annertusisamik misilitsinnermi akissutit 431-iupput.

     This year, there were 431 answers to the expanded test.

Declension

Declension of manna

case	singular	plural
absolutive	manna	makku
ergative	matuma	makkua
allative	matumunnga	makkununnga
ablative	matumannga	makkunannga
prolative	matumuuna	makkunuuna
locative	matumani	makkunani
instrumental	matuminnga	makkuninnga
equative	matumatut	makkunatut

See also

• una (“that nearby”)
• innga (“that yonder”)
• kanna (“that down a medial distance”)
• sanna (“that down a long distance”)
• pinnga (“that up a medial distance”)
• panna (“that up a long distance”)
• qanna (“that in there/out there”)
• anna (“that in the north”)
• kinnga (“that in the south/that outside”)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanːa/
• Rhymes: -anːa

Etymology 1

Verb

manna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative mannaði, supine mannað)

1. to man

Conjugation

manna – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að manna
supine sagnbót		mannað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		mannandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	manna	mannaði		manni	mannaði
	þú	mannar	mannaðir		mannir	mannaðir
	hann, hún, það	mannar	mannaði		manni	mannaði
plural	við	mönnum	mönnuðum		mönnum	mönnuðum
	þið	mannið	mönnuðuð		mannið	mönnuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	manna	mönnuðu		manni	mönnuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	manna (þú), mannaðu
plural	þið	mannið (þið), manniði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

mannast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að mannast
supine sagnbót		mannast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		mannandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	mannast	mannaðist		mannist	mannaðist
	þú	mannast	mannaðist		mannist	mannaðist
	hann, hún, það	mannast	mannaðist		mannist	mannaðist
plural	við	mönnumst	mönnuðumst		mönnumst	mönnuðumst
	þið	mannist	mönnuðust		mannist	mönnuðust
	þeir, þær, þau	mannast	mönnuðust		mannist	mönnuðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	mannast (þú), mannastu
plural	þið	mannist (þið), mannisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

mannaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	mannaður	mönnuð	mannað	mannaðir	mannaðar	mönnuð
accusative (þolfall)	mannaðan	mannaða	mannað	mannaða	mannaðar	mönnuð
dative (þágufall)	mönnuðum	mannaðri	mönnuðu	mönnuðum	mönnuðum	mönnuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	mannaðs	mannaðrar	mannaðs	mannaðra	mannaðra	mannaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	mannaði	mannaða	mannaða	mönnuðu	mönnuðu	mönnuðu
accusative (þolfall)	mannaða	mönnuðu	mannaða	mönnuðu	mönnuðu	mönnuðu
dative (þágufall)	mannaða	mönnuðu	mannaða	mönnuðu	mönnuðu	mönnuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	mannaða	mönnuðu	mannaða	mönnuðu	mönnuðu	mönnuðu

Noun

manna

1. indefinite genitive plural of maður

Etymology 2

From Old Norse manna, from Late Latin manna.

Noun

manna n (genitive singular manna, no plural)

1. manna

Declension

Declension of manna (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	manna	mannað
accusative	manna	mannað
dative	manna	mannanu
genitive	manna	mannans

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian манна (manna) (cf. the derived манка (manka), манный (mannyj)), ultimately from Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna).

Related to Finnish manna and Estonian manna.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnːɑ/, [ˈmɑnː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnːɑ/, [ˈmɑnːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnː, -ɑnːɑ
• Hyphenation: man‧na

Noun

manna

1. semolina

Declension

Declension of manna (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	manna	mannat
genitive	mannan	mannoin
partitive	mannaa	mannoja
illative	mannaa	mannoi
inessive	mannaas	mannois
elative	mannast	mannoist
allative	mannalle	mannoille
adessive	mannaal	mannoil
ablative	mannalt	mannoilt
translative	mannaks	mannoiks
essive	mannanna, mannaan	mannoinna, mannoin
exessive1)	mannant	mannoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• mannasuurima

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 296

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈman.na/
• Rhymes: -anna
• Hyphenation: màn‧na

Etymology 1

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

Noun

manna f (plural manne)

1. manna (all senses)

Related terms

• albero della manna
• frassino da manna
• manneto

Etymology 2

Noun

manna f (plural manne)

1. sheaf
2. (heraldry) garb

Synonyms

• covone

Anagrams

• Annam

Kavalan

Pronoun

manna

1. (interrogative) why

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Biblical Hebrew מן (man).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈman.na/, [ˈmänːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈman.na/, [ˈmänːä]

Noun

manna f (genitive mannae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) manna

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	manna	mannae
genitive	mannae	mannārum
dative	mannae	mannīs
accusative	mannam	mannās
ablative	mannā	mannīs
vocative	manna	mannae

Descendants

• → Old English:
  • Middle English:
    • English: manna
• → Italian: manna (semi-learned)
• → Polish: manna (learned)
• → Sicilian: manna (semi-learned)

References

• “manna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• manna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

Noun

manna m (definite singular mannaen, indefinite plural mannaer or mannaar, definite plural mannaene or mannaane)

1. (biblical) manna
2. a sweetish tree sap, especially of the manna ash

Derived terms

• mannaask m
• mannalav n

Etymology 2

From mann (“man”) +‎ -a.

Alternative forms

• manne (e- and split infinitives)

Verb

manna (present tense mannar, past tense manna, past participle manna, passive infinitive mannast, present participle mannande, imperative manna/mann)

1. to man

Derived terms

• mannast

References

• “manna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• namna

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑn.nɑ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

Noun

manna m

1. mann

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	manna	mannan
accusative	mannan	mannan
genitive	mannan	mannena
dative	mannan	mannum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “manna”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[4], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

manna m

1. manna (food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus)

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “manna”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[5], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Etymology 3

Noun

manna

1. genitive plural of mann

Old Norse

Noun

manna

1. genitive plural of maðr

Polish

manna

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin manna.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈman.na/

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈman.na/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -anna
• Syllabification: man‧na

Noun

manna f (related adjective manniany or mannowy)

1. farina (fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery)

   Synonyms: grysik, kasza manna

2. (biblical) manna (food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus)
3. mannagrass, sweetgrass (any grass of the genus Glyceria)
4. manna (sugary sap of the manna gum tree)
5. rim lichen (any lichen of the genus Lecanora)

   Synonym: misecznica

Declension

Declension of manna

	singular	plural
nominative	manna	manny
genitive	manny	mann
dative	mannie	mannom
accusative	mannę	manny
instrumental	manną	mannami
locative	mannie	mannach
vocative	manno	manny

Derived terms

nouns

• manna z nieba
• mannica
• mannit
• mannitol
• mannoza

Further reading

• manna in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• manna in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• manna in PWN's encyclopedia
• Stanisław Ciszewski (1909) “manna”, in “Przyczynek do słownika gwary mazowieckiej”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 7, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 207

Sardinian

Etymology

Cognate to Italian manna.

Noun

manna f (plural mannas)

1. sheaf
2. (heraldry) garb

Related terms

màiga f, mannuciu m

Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji meena, Hadiyya manna and Kambaata manna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanːa/
• Hyphenation: man‧na

Noun

manna m (singulative mancho m or f)

1. (collective) people

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 38
• Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “manna”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Ter Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *mānō.

Noun

manna

1. moon
2. month

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[6], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Welsh

Alternative forms

• fanna, fynna

Adverb

manna

1. Informal form of y fan yna (“there”).