ϫⲓⲛ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ⲓⲥϫⲉⲛ (isčen) – Bohairic
- ϫⲛ (čn) – Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, Old Coptic
- ϫⲉⲛ (čen) – Sahidic, Fayyumic
Etymology
From Demotic n-ṯ n — cf. also ṯ(ꜣ) (“from, since”) alone — from Egyptian ṯꜣ-n (“starting from”).
Preposition
ϫⲓⲛ • (čin)
- (Sahidic, Fayyumic) starting from, since
References
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN