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

Root
נ־ע־נ־ע (n-ʿ-n-ʿ)
1 term

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') (pi'el construction)

  1. (transitive) to shake (something from side to side, say)
Conjugation
Conjugation of ניענע / נִעְנֵעַ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לְנַעְנֵעַ
action noun ניענוע / נִעְנוּעַ
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first ניענעתי / נִעְנַעְתִּי ניענענו / נִעְנַעְנוּ
second ניענעת / נִעְנַעְתָּ ניענעת / נִעְנַעְתְּ ניענעתם / נִעְנַעְתֶּם ניענעתן / נִעְנַעְתֶּן
third ניענע / נִעְנֵעַ ניענעה / נִעְנְעָה ניענעו / נִעְנְעוּ
present מְנַעְנֵעַ מְנַעְנַעַת מְנַעְנְעִים מְנַעְנְעוֹת
future first אֲנַעְנֵעַ נְנַעְנֵעַ
second תְּנַעְנֵעַ תְּנַעְנְעִי תְּנַעְנְעוּ תְּנַעְנַעְנָה1
third יְנַעְנֵעַ תְּנַעְנֵעַ יְנַעְנְעוּ תְּנַעְנַעְנָה1
imperative נַעְנֵעַ נַעְנְעִי נַעְנְעוּ נַעְנַעְנָה1

1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

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

Further reading

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