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{{also|mánná|männä}}
==English==

====Noun====
 
{{en-noun|-}}

# Food [[miraculous]]ly produced for the [[Israelite]]s in the [[desert]] in the book of [[Exodus]].
# By extension, any good thing which comes into one's hands by luck or good fortune.
# The sugary sap of the [[manna gum]] tree which oozes out from holes drilled by insects and falls to the ground around the tree.[http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/forest/plants/gum.html]
#: 1966: ''The icing on the cake was made from manna, which was gathered under the manna gums.  Manna mixed with milk made a splendid icing.'' &mdash; Bill Beatty, ''Tales of Old Australia'', National Distributors, ISBN 1-86436-013-5, page 14, discussing old Australian foods <!-- no publication year given for this edition, first edition was 1966 -->

===Derived terms===
* [[mannose]]

===Adjectives for Manna===

animal; celestial; hidden; unexpected; heavenly.

===Thesaurus===
[[TLC]], [[ambrosia]], [[benefaction]], [[benefit]], [[benevolence]], [[blessing]], [[bonne bouche]], [[boon]], [[bread]], [[care]], [[cate]], [[choice morsel]], [[daily bread]], [[dainty]], [[delicacy]], [[dessert]], [[economic support]], [[endowment]], [[favor]], [[godsend]], [[goody]], [[grace]], [[keep]], [[kickshaw]], [[livelihood]], [[living]], [[loaves and fishes]], [[maintenance]], [[manna from heaven]], [[meat]], [[morsel]], [[mothering]], [[nectar]], [[nourishment]], [[nurture]], [[price support]], [[provision]], [[savory]], [[subsidization]], [[subsidy]], [[subsistence]], [[subvention]], [[support]], [[sustainment]], [[sustenance]], [[sustentation]], [[tender loving care]], [[tidbit]], [[titbit]], [[treat]], [[upkeep]]

===Alternative forms===
* (possibly [[archaic]]) [[mana]]

===Etymology===
From {{etyl|enm}}, from {{etyl|ang}}, from {{etyl|LL.}} {{term|manna|lang=la}}, from {{etyl|grc}} {{term|sc=polytonic|μάννα|tr=mánna |lang=grc}}, from {{etyl|he}} {{term|מן|tr=mān||'manna|lang=he}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|En-us-manna.ogg|Audio (US)}}
* {{rhymes|ænə}}

==Translations==
{{trans-top}}
* Arabic: {{Arab|[[من#Noun|مَنّ]]}} (mann) {{m}}
* Armenian: {{t-|hy|մանանա|tr=manana}}
* Finnish: {{t-|fi|manna}}
* French: {{t+|fr|manne|f}}
* German: [[Manna]] {{f|n}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|μάννα|n|tr=mánna}}
* Hebrew: [[מן]] (mān) {{m}}
* Russian: [[манна]] (mánna) {{f}}
* Spanish: [[maná]] {{m}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|mana}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Anagrams===
* [[Annam#English|Annam]]

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==Greenlandic==

====Pronoun====
{{infl|kl|pronoun}} ''(demonstrative)'' ''(plural [[makku]])''

# [[proximal]] [[absolutive]] [[singular]]; [[this]] [[here]], he/she/it here.
#:[[ergative|Ergative]]: [[matuma]] (singular), [[makkua]] (plural)
#:[[instrumental|Instrumental]]: [[uuminnga]] (singular), [[makkuninnga]] (plural)
#:[[allative|Allative]]: [[matumunnga]] (singular, [[makkununnga]] (plural)
#:[[locative|Locative]]: [[matumani]] (singular), [[makkunani]] (plural)
#:[[ablative|Ablative]]: [[matumannga]] (singular), [[makkunannga]] (plural)
#:[[vialis case|Vialis]]: [[matumuuna]] (singular), [[makkunuuna]] (plural)
#:[[equative|Equative]]: [[matumatut]] (singular), [[makkunatut]] (plural)

===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
* [[inna]] - that which is invisible

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==Italian==
{{wikipedia|lang=it}}

====Noun====
{{it-noun|mann|f|a|e}}

# [[#English|manna]] (all senses)

===Related terms===
* [[albero della manna]]
* [[frassino da manna]]
* [[manneto]]

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==Latin==

====Noun====
{{la-noun|manna|mannae|mannae|f|first}}

# [[#English|manna]]

====Inflection====
{{la-decl-1st|mann}}