ⲛϭⲓ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲛϫⲉ (nče) — Bohairic
• ⲛⳤ (nke) — Dialect P

Etymology

From Demotic ng (“namely”), from Egyptian *m qj (nj) (“in the form (of), namely”), from (m, “in”) + (qj, “form, shape”).

Preposition

ⲛϭⲓ • (nci)

1. (Sahidic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan) subject marker for postposed subjects

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 119
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 252