נענע

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Aramaic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Related to Old Armenian անանուխ (ananux).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

נענע (transliteration neededm (uncountable)

  1. Mentha (mint)

Synonyms[edit]

Hebrew[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

נענע
Root
נ־ע־נ־ע (n-ʿ-n-ʿ)

Related to Old Armenian անանուխ (ananux).

Noun[edit]

נַעְנַע (na'na'f

  1. mint (the plant or its flavor)

Etymology 2[edit]

pilpel derivation of the root נ־ו־ע.

Verb[edit]

נִעְנֵעַ (ni'néa') third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. (transitive) to shake (something from side to side, say)
Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  • נענע” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading[edit]