ⲉⲛⲏϩⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology
From Demotic nḥḥ (“forever, eternity”), from Egyptian
rHhrwH
 (r nḥḥ, “forever”).

Noun

ⲉⲛⲏϩⲉ • (enēhe) m

  1. (Sahidic) eternity

Adjective

ⲉⲛⲏϩⲉ • (enēhe)

  1. (Sahidic) eternal

Adverb

ⲉⲛⲏϩⲉ • (enēhe)

  1. (Sahidic) forever, eternally

References
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 36
  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 57
  • Gundacker, Roman (2011) “On the Etymology of the Egyptian Crown Name mrsw.t*: An “Irregular” Subgroup of m-Prefix Formations” in Lingua Aegyptia, volume 19, page 53
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