נון

See also: נו״ן‎

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Aramaic נונא‎ (nūnā, “fish”), ultimately possibly from Akkadian 𒄩 (KU₆ /nūnu/), possibly from Sumerian.

Noun

נון • (nun) m (plural indefinite נונין‎)

(archaic) fish, found mostly in compounds to form names of sea creatures.

Proper noun

נוּן • (nun) m

A male given name, Nun.

Derived terms

אמנון‎ (amnún)
דיונון‎ (dyonún)
שפמנון‎ (sfamnún)
תמנון‎ (tmanún)

Etymology 2

Noun

נוּן • (nun) f

Alternative form of נו״ן‎

References

Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 274
H5125 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

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