ⲥⲟⲛ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲥⲁⲛ (san) – Fayyumic, Akhmimic

Etymology

Inherited from Demotic sn, from Egyptian

(sn).

Noun

ⲥⲟⲛ (son) m (plural ⲥⲛⲏⲩ or ⲥⲛⲏⲟⲩ, or identical to singular)

(Sahidic, Bohairic) 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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