ⲙⲟⲛⲏ

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Coptic[edit]

Mit Ghamr, a picture from "Egypt painted and described"

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek μονή (monḗ, “dwelling, abode”).

Noun[edit]

ⲙⲟⲛⲏ • (monē) f (plural ⲙⲟⲛⲱⲟⲩⲓ (monōoui))

  1. (Bohairic) dwelling, station on Nile, abode
    Synonyms: ⲁϩⲟ (aho), ⲟⲩⲱϩ (ouōh)
  2. (Bohairic) monastery
    Synonyms: ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ (monastērion), ⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ (topos)

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → Arabic: مِنْية (minya), مِيت (mīt)

References[edit]

  • TLA lemma no. C9819 (ⲙⲟⲛⲏ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [1]
  • The template Template:R:arz:Peust:2010 does not use the parameter(s): 
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  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎[3], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 177b
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