ⲛⲧⲁⲧⲉⲛ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Egyptian ntṯn (“you”).

Pronoun

ⲛⲧⲁⲧⲉⲛ • (ntaten)

(Fayyumic) you (second-person plural personal pronoun)

See also

Fayyumic independent personal pronouns

		Singular	Plural
1st person		ⲁⲛⲁⲕ (anak)	ⲁⲛⲁⲛ (anan)
2nd person	m	ⲛⲧⲁⲕ (ntak)	ⲛⲧⲁⲧⲉⲛ (ntaten)
2nd person	f	ⲛⲧⲁ (nta)	ⲛⲧⲁⲧⲉⲛ (ntaten)
3rd person	m	ⲛⲧⲁϥ (ntaf)	ⲛⲧⲁⲩ (ntau)
3rd person	f	ⲛⲧⲁⲥ (ntas)	ⲛⲧⲁⲩ (ntau)

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 11
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 112

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