ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ

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Coptic

Alternative forms

Ra, the solar & supreme god of Egypt

Etymology

From Demotic ntr (god), from Egyptian nṯr (god),

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnuː.te/, /ˈnuː.tə/

Noun

ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ (noute)

  1. (Sahidic) god
    • Walter Till, Koptische Heiligen- und Martyrerlegenden. Texte, Übersetzungen und Indices herausgeben und bearbeitet, book I, in Orientalia Christiana Analecta, issue 102, Pontificium Institutum Orientalium Studiorum (1935), 5, lines 29.30.
      ⲙⲛ ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲥⲁ ⲡⲁⲡⲟⲗⲗⲱⲛ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲁⲣⲇⲩⲙⲓⲥ
      mn noute nsa papollōn mn tardumis
      "There are no gods but Apollo and Artemis."
    • Walter Till, Koptische Heiligen- und Martyrerlegenden. Texte, Übersetzungen und Indices herausgeben und bearbeitet, book I, in Orientalia Christiana Analecta, issue 102, Pontificium Institutum Orientalium Studiorum (1935),6, lines 23.24.
      ⲙⲛ ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲥⲁ ⲓⲥ ⲡⲉⲭⲥ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲛⲁϩⲣⲟⲟⲩ
      mn noute nsa is pekhs pnoute napa nahroou
      "There is no god but Jesus Christ, the god of Apa Nahrow."
  2. (Sahidic, with definite article) God
    • Gérard Godron, Textes coptes relatifs à saint Claude d'Antioche, in Patrologia Orientalis, volume 35, Brepols (1970), 644, lines 10.11.
      ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲁϥⲥⲱⲣⲙ ⲙⲡⲉⲩϩⲏⲧ
      pnoute de afsōrm mpeuhēt
      God made their mind wander.