ⲣⲁⲛ

ⲣⲁⲛ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲗⲉⲛ (len) – Fayyumic
• ⲣⲓⲛ (rin) – Sahidic
• ⲣⲉⲛ (ren) – Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, Fayyumic, Old Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic rn, from Egyptian rn,

Noun

ⲣⲁⲛ • (ran) m (plural ⲣⲁⲛ (ran), nominal form (S, B) ⲣⲉⲛ- (ren-), pronominal form (S, A) ⲣⲛ̄ⲧ⸗ (rn̄t⸗) or (S) ⲣⲉⲛⲧ⸗ (rent⸗) or (S) ⲣⲓⲛⲧ⸗ (rint⸗) or (S) ⲣⲁⲛⲧ⸗ (rant⸗) or (S, OC) ⲣⲓⲛ⸗ (rin⸗) or (B, OC) ⲣⲉⲛ⸗ (ren⸗))

1. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Old Coptic) name

Derived terms

• ⲣⲉⲙⲛⲣⲁⲛ (remnran)

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, pages 297–298
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN