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
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 / נִעְנַעְתִּיניענענו / נִעְנַעְנוּ
second ניענעת / נִעְנַעְתָּניענעת / נִעְנַעְתְּניענעתם / נִעְנַעְתֶּםניענעתן / נִעְנַעְתֶּן
third ניענע / נִעְנֵעַניענעה / נִעְנְעָהניענעו / נִעְנְעוּ
present מְנַעְנֵעַמְנַעְנַעַתמְנַעְנְעִיםמְנַעְנְעוֹת
future first אֲנַעְנֵעַנְנַעְנֵעַ
second תְּנַעְנֵעַתְּנַעְנְעִיתְּנַעְנְעוּתְּנַעְנַעְנָה1
third יְנַעְנֵעַתְּנַעְנֵעַיְנַעְנְעוּתְּנַעְנַעְנָה1
imperative נַעְנֵעַנַעְנְעִינַעְנְעוּנַעְנַעְנָה1
notes
  1. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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

Further reading
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