# 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: /ˈmænə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ænə
* Homophones: manner, manor (non-rhotic)

### Noun

manna (countable and uncountable, plural mannas)
* (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, 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.
* (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]
* The sugary sap of the manna gum tree which oozes out from holes drilled by insects and falls to the ground around the tree.
** 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.
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** 2019, “Going Through It” (track 6), in Ignorance Is Bliss, performed by Skepta:Everyday's my birthday, everyday manna cake cutting
** 2019, “Love Me Not” (track 8), in Ignorance Is Bliss, performed by Skepta:Bad gyal, so she love a man with tattoos From my neck, to my feet, manna' inked up

#### 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

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

### 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)
* manna
* (botany) fruit of an elm tree

#### Derived terms

* mannaask

## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑnːɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝nːɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑnːɑ
* Hyphenation: man‧na

### Noun

manna
* (biblical) manna (food substance)
* manna (any good thing)
* semolina

#### Declension

Possessive forms of manna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mannani
accusative
nom.
mannani
gen.
mannani
genitive
mannani
partitive
mannaani
inessive
mannassani
elative
mannastani
illative
mannaani
adessive
mannallani
ablative
mannaltani
allative
mannalleni
essive
mannanani
translative
mannakseni
abessive
mannattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mannasi
accusative
nom.
mannasi
gen.
mannasi
genitive
mannasi
partitive
mannaasi
inessive
mannassasi
elative
mannastasi
illative
mannaasi
adessive
mannallasi
ablative
mannaltasi
allative
mannallesi
essive
mannanasi
translative
mannaksesi
abessive
mannattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mannamme
accusative
nom.
mannamme
gen.
mannamme
genitive
mannamme
partitive
mannaamme
inessive
mannassamme
elative
mannastamme
illative
mannaamme
adessive
mannallamme
ablative
mannaltamme
allative
mannallemme
essive
mannanamme
translative
mannaksemme
abessive
mannattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mannanne
accusative
nom.
mannanne
gen.
mannanne
genitive
mannanne
partitive
mannaanne
inessive
mannassanne
elative
mannastanne
illative
mannaanne
adessive
mannallanne
ablative
mannaltanne
allative
mannallenne
essive
mannananne
translative
mannaksenne
abessive
mannattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mannansa
accusative
nom.
mannansa
gen.
mannansa
genitive
mannansa
partitive
mannaansa
inessive
mannassaan mannassansa
elative
mannastaan mannastansa
illative
mannaansa
adessive
mannallaan mannallansa
ablative
mannaltaan mannaltansa
allative
mannalleen mannallensa
essive
mannanaan mannanansa
translative
mannakseen mannaksensa
abessive
mannattaan mannattansa
instructive
comitative

#### Synonyms

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

#### Derived terms

* mannapuuro
* mannaryyni
* mannasaarni
* mannasokeri
* mannasuurimo
* mannavelli

### Further reading

* “manna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

* (Nuuk) IPA: /manna/, [mən.na]

### 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
    Ukioq manna annertusisamik misilitsinnermi akissutit 431-iupput.This year, there were 431 answers to the expanded test.

#### 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: /ˈmanːa/
* Rhymes: -anːa

### Etymology 1
#### Verb

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

##### Conjugation
#### Noun

manna
* indefinite genitive plural of maður

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse manna, from Late Latin manna.

#### Noun

manna n (genitive singular manna, no plural)
* manna

##### Declension
## 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: /ˈmɑnːɑ/, [ˈmɑnː]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈmɑnːɑ/, [ˈmɑnːɑ]
* Rhymes: -ɑnː, -ɑnːɑ
* Hyphenation: man‧na

### Noun

manna
* semolina

#### Derived terms

* mannasuurima

### References

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

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* manna (all senses)

##### Related terms

* albero della manna
* frassino da manna
* manneto

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

manna f (plural manne)
* sheaf
* (heraldry) garb

##### Synonyms

* covone

### Anagrams

* Annam

## Kavalan
### Pronoun

manna
* (interrogative) why

## Latin
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

manna f (genitive mannae); first declension
* (Late Latin) manna

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### 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)
* (biblical) manna
* 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)
* to man

##### Derived terms

* mannast

### References

* “manna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* namna

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑn.nɑ/

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

manna m
* mann

##### Declension

Weak:

#### References

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

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

manna
* genitive plural of mann

## Old Norse
### Noun

manna
* genitive plural of maðr

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin manna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈman.na/
* (Masovia):
** (Far Masovian) IPA: /ˈman.na/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -anna
* Syllabification: man‧na

### Noun

manna f (related adjective manniany or mannowy)
* 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
* (biblical) manna (food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus)
* mannagrass, sweetgrass (any grass of the genus Glyceria)
* manna (sugary sap of the manna gum tree)
* rim lichen (any lichen of the genus Lecanora)
    Synonym: misecznica

#### Derived terms

* 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)
* sheaf
* (heraldry) garb

#### Related terms

màiga f, mannuciu m

## Sidamo
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmanːa/
* Hyphenation: man‧na

### Noun

manna m (singulative mancho m 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, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

## Welsh
### Alternative forms

* fanna, fynna

### Adverb

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