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menna

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See also: Menna and mennä

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmen.na/
  • Rhymes: -enna
  • Hyphenation: mén‧na

Adjective

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menna

  1. feminine singular of menno

Anagrams

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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menna m

  1. (nonstandard, dialectal) definite plural of mann

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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menna m

  1. (nonstandard, dialectal) definite plural of mann

Old Norse

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Etymology

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Verbal formation related to maðr (“man”).[1]

Verb

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menna (singular past indicative mennti, plural past indicative menntu, past participle menntr)

  1. to make a man of, breed

Conjugation

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Conjugation of menna — active (weak class 1)
infinitive menna
present participle mennandi
past participle menntr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular menni mennta menna mennta
2nd person singular mennir menntir mennir menntir
3rd person singular mennir mennti menni mennti
1st person plural mennum menntum mennim menntim
2nd person plural mennið menntuð mennið menntið
3rd person plural menna menntu menni mennti
imperative present
2nd person singular menn, menni
1st person plural mennum
2nd person plural mennið
Conjugation of menna — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive mennask
present participle mennandisk
past participle mennzk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular mennumk menntumk mennumk menntumk
2nd person singular mennisk menntisk mennisk menntisk
3rd person singular mennisk menntisk mennisk menntisk
1st person plural mennumsk menntumsk mennimsk menntimsk
2nd person plural mennizk menntuzk mennizk menntizk
3rd person plural mennask menntusk mennisk menntisk
imperative present
2nd person singular mennsk, mennisk
1st person plural mennumsk
2nd person plural mennizk

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “menna”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 384

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “menna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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