ⲥⲟⲛ

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Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲥⲁⲛ (san) — Akhmimic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan, Old Coptic

Etymology

Inherited from Demotic ⁠ (sn), from Egyptian

(sn).

Noun

ⲥⲟⲛ • (son) m (plural (S) ⲥⲛⲏⲩ (snēu) or (B) ⲥⲛⲏⲟⲩ (snēou) or ⲥⲟⲛ (son), nominal form (S) ⲥⲛ- (sn-) or (S) ⲥⲉⲛ- (sen-))

(Sahidic, Bohairic, Old Coptic) brother
(Sahidic, Bohairic, in the plural) sibling (of unspecified sex), brother or sister
(Sahidic, Bohairic) (male) cousin
(Sahidic, Bohairic) husband
(Sahidic, Bohairic) title applied to monks

Coordinate terms

ⲥⲱⲛⲉ (sōne) (Sahidic, Akhmimic), ⲥⲱⲛⲓ (sōni) (Bohairic, Fayyumic)

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 154
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, pages 342b–343a

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