ⲃⲏⲛⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲃⲏⲛⲛⲉ (bēnne) — Sahidic
• ⲃⲉⲛⲓ (beni) — Bohairic
• ⲃⲏⲛⲓ (bēni) — Bohairic, Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic bny (“swallow”), from Egyptian (mnt, “swallow”).

Noun

ⲃⲏⲛⲉ • (bēne) m or f

1. (Sahidic) swallow

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 40
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 24