ⲉⲛⲉϩ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲉⲛⲉϩⲉ (enehe) – Sahidic
ⲉⲛⲏϩⲉ (enēhe) – Sahidic
ⲁⲛⲏϩⲉ (anēhe) – Akhmimic, Lycopolitan

Etymology

From Demotic nḥḥ (“eternity”), from Egyptian

(nḥḥ, “(cyclical) eternity”).

Noun

ⲉⲛⲉϩ (eneh) m

(Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic) eternity

Adjective

ⲉⲛⲉϩ (eneh)

(Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic) eternal

Adverb

ⲉⲛⲉϩ (eneh)

(Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic) 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

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