נענע

Aramaic

Etymology

Related to Old Armenian անանուխ (ananux).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naʕnaʕ/

Noun

נענע • (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. Mentha (mint)

Synonyms

Hebrew

Etymology 1

נענע
Root
נ־ע־נ־ע (n-ʿ-n-ʿ)

Related to Old Armenian անանուխ (ananux).

Noun

נַעְנַע • (na'na') f

  1. mint (the plant or its flavor)

Etymology 2

pilpel derivation of the root נ־ו־ע.

Verb

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

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

References

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

Further reading

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