ⲥⲁⲛ

Coptic

Brothers in Fayyum mummy portraits

Alternative forms

ⲥⲟⲛ (son) — Sahidic, Bohairic

Etymology

Inherited from Demotic ⁠ (sn), from Egyptian
(sn).

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

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