ⲛⲉⲙ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ⲙⲛ (mn) – Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, Fayyumic
- ⲛⲙ (nm) – archaic Sahidic
- ⲙⲉⲛ (men) – Old Coptic
- ⲙⲉ (me) – Fayyumic
Etymology
From Demotic jrm (“with”), from Late Egyptian jrm (“with”) (also written nm in the Greco-Roman Period), from earlier Egyptian r mn (“together with”), ultimately from r mn m (“up to, from here to”), from r (“to, in order to”) + mn (“to remain, endure”) + m (“in”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nəm/
Conjunction
ⲛⲉⲙ • (nem)
- (Bohairic, Fayyumic, Old Coptic) and
- (Bohairic, Fayyumic, Old Coptic) with
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 83
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 169