ⲙⲛⲁⲓ

See also: mnai, mnaí, and μναῖ

Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic r mnꜣy (“hither”), from Egyptian (mjnꜣ, “hither”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Bohairic) IPA^(key): /əmˈnai̯/
• (Late Bohairic) IPA^(key): /amˈnai̯/
• (Greco-Bohairic) IPA^(key): /emˈnaɪ̯/

Adverb

ⲙ̀ⲛⲁⲓ • (m̀nai)

1. (Bohairic) here

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 85
• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 114
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 174