ⲥⲁⲛ
Coptic
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Brothers in Fayyum mummy portraits
Alternative forms
- ⲥⲟⲛ (son) – Sahidic, Bohairic
Etymology
Inherited from Demotic
(sn), from Egyptian
(sn).
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Noun
ⲥⲁⲛ • (san) m (plural ⲥⲛⲏⲩ (snēu) or ⲥⲛⲏⲟⲩ (snēou) or ⲥⲁⲛ (san))
- (Fayyumic, Akhmimic) brother
Coordinate terms
- ⲥⲱⲛⲉ (sōne) (Sahidic, Akhmimic), ⲥⲱⲛⲓ (sōni) (Bohairic, Fayyumic)
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 154
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 342