ⲥⲟⲛⲓ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲥⲟⲟⲛⲉ (soone) – Sahidic
ⲥⲟⲛⲉ (sone) – Sahidic
ⲥⲁⲛⲉ (sane) – Akhmimic, Lycopolitan
ⲥⲁⲛⲓ (sani) – Lycopolitan
ⲥⲁⲁⲛⲓ (saani) – Fayyumic

Etymology

Probably with an original meaning of ‘vagrant’, derived from ⲥⲓⲛⲓ (sini, “to pass by”) or its predecessors, Demotic sny and Egyptian

(znj). Vycichl reconstructs an Egyptian predecessor *znw derived from znj.

Noun

ⲥⲟⲛⲓ • (soni) m (plural ⲥⲓⲛⲱⲟⲩⲓ (sinōoui) or ⲥⲟⲛⲓ (soni))

(Bohairic) robber, thief

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 155
Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 191
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 344