ⲉⲛⲉϩ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ⲉⲛⲉϩⲉ (enehe) – Sahidic
- ⲉⲛⲏϩⲉ (enēhe) – Sahidic
- ⲁⲛⲏϩⲉ (anēhe) – Akhmimic, Lycopolitan
Etymology
From Demotic nḥḥ (“forever, eternity”), from Egyptian
(r nḥḥ, “forever”).
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Noun
ⲉⲛⲉϩ • (eneh) m
- (Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic) eternity
Adjective
ⲉⲛⲉϩ • (eneh)
- (Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic) eternal
Adverb
ⲉⲛⲉϩ • (eneh)
- (Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic) forever, eternally
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 36
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 57
- Gundacker, Roman (2011) “On the Etymology of the Egyptian Crown Name mrsw.t*: An “Irregular” Subgroup of m-Prefix Formations” in Lingua Aegyptia, volume 19, page 53