ⲓⲥϫⲉⲛ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ϫⲓⲛ (čin) – Sahidic, Fayyumic
- 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
ⲓⲥϫⲉⲛ • (isčen)
- (Bohairic) starting from, since
- Ϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲓⲥϫⲉⲛ Ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲁⲙ ϣⲁ Ⲇⲁⲩⲓⲇ 14 ⲛϫⲱⲟⲩ . ― Čōou niben isčen Abraam ša Dauid 14 nčōou . ― So all generations from Abraham to David — 14 generations.
References
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN