ⲛⳤ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ⲛϫⲉ (nče) – Bohairic
- ⲛϭⲓ (nci) – Sahidic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
Etymology
From Demotic ng (“namely”), from Egyptian *m qj (nj) (“in the form (of), namely”), from
(m, “in”) +
(qj, “form, shape”).
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Preposition
ⲛⳤ • (nke)
- (Dialect P) subject marker for postposed subjects
References
- Kasser, Rodolophe (1991), “Dialect P (or Proto-Theban)”, in Atiya, Aziz Suryal, editor, The Coptic Encyclopedia, volume 8, New York: Macmillan, →ISBN
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 119
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 252