ⲥⲟⲛⲓ
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Coptic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ⲥⲟⲟⲛⲉ (soone) — Sahidic
- ⲥⲟⲛⲉ (sone) — Sahidic
- ⲥⲁⲛⲉ (sane) — Akhmimic, Lycopolitan
- ⲥⲁⲛⲓ (sani) — Lycopolitan
- ⲥⲁⲁⲛⲓ (saani) — Fayyumic
Etymology
[edit]Probably with an original meaning of ‘vagrant’, derived from ⲥⲓⲛⲓ (sini, “to pass by”) or its predecessors, Demotic sny and Egyptian
(znj). Vycichl reconstructs an Egyptian predecessor *znw derived from znj.
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Noun
[edit]ⲥⲟⲛⲓ • (soni) m (plural ⲥⲓⲛⲱⲟⲩⲓ (sinōoui) or ⲥⲟⲛⲓ (soni))
References
[edit]- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 155
- Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 191
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 344