(biblical) Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
(by extension) Any boon which comes into one's hands by good luck.
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 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
Further reading
manna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Amann, Annam
Faroese
Etymology
From Late Latinmanna, from Ancient Greekμάννα(mánna), from Hebrewמן(mān, “'manna”).
Noun
mannan (genitive singularmanna, uncountable)
manna
(botany) fruit of an elm tree
Declension
Derived terms
mannaask
Finnish
Etymology
From Late Latinmanna, from Ancient Greekμάννα(mánna), from Biblical Hebrewמן(mān, “'manna”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmɑnːɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝nːɑ̝]
Rhymes: -ɑnːɑ
Syllabification(key): man‧na
Noun
manna
(biblical) manna (food substance)
manna (any good thing)
semolina
Declension
Synonyms
(any good thing):nanna(especially food)
Derived terms
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
Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰
Greenlandic
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /manːa/
Pronoun
manna
(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
Declension
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 indicativemannaði, supinemannað)
to man
Conjugation
Noun
manna
indefinite genitive plural of maður
Etymology 2
Old Norsemanna, from Late Latinmanna.
Noun
mannan (genitive singularmanna, no plural)
manna
Declension
Ingrian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russianманна(manna) (cf. the derived манка(manka), манный(mannyj)), ultimately from Ancient Greekμάννα(mánna).
manna (present tensemannar, past tensemanna, past participlemanna, passive infinitivemannast, present participlemannande, imperativemanna/mann)
to man
Derived terms
mannast
References
“manna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
namna
Old English
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmɑn.nɑ/
Noun
manna
genitive plural of mann
Old Norse
Noun
manna
genitive plural of maðr
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latinmanna, from Ancient Greekμάννα(mánna), from Hebrewמן(man).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈman.na/
Rhymes: -anna
Syllabification: man‧na
Noun
mannaf
farina
Synonyms:grysik, kasza manna
(biblical)manna(food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus)
mannagrass, sweetgrass (any of several perennial grasses of the genus Glyceria)
manna(sugary sap of the manna gum tree)
rim lichen (any lichen of the genus Lecanora)
Synonym:misecznica
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
manna in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
manna in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Sardinian
Etymology
Cognate to Italianmanna.
Noun
mannaf (pluralmannas)
sheaf
(heraldry) garb
Related terms
màigaf, mannucium
Sidamo
Etymology
From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burjimeena, Hadiyyamanna and Kambaatamanna.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmanːa/
Hyphenation: man‧na
Noun
mannam(singulative manchom or f)
(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
moon
month
Further reading
Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[4], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland