ϩⲉⲧ

ϩⲉⲧ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ϩⲁⲧ (hat) – Sahidic, Bohairic
• ϩⲏⲧ (hēt) – Fayyumic
• ϩⲁⲧⲉ (hate) – Sahidic
• ϩⲁⲁⲧ (haat) – Sahidic

Etymology

From Demotic (ḥt, “silver, money”), from Egyptian (ḥḏ, “silver”).

Noun

ϩⲉⲧ • (het) m or f (uncountable)

1. (Fayyumic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) silver
   1. (by extension) a (silver) coin; money

Adjective

ϩⲉⲧ • (het)

1. (Fayyumic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) white
2. (Fayyumic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) silver

Derived terms

• ⲧⲓⲙⲏⲛϩⲉⲧ (timēnhet)

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 713
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN