ⲣⲁⲛ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲗⲉⲛ (len) — Fayyumic
• ⲣⲓⲛ (rin) — Sahidic
• ⲣⲉⲛ (ren) — Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, Fayyumic, Old Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic Egyptian rn, from Egyptian rn,

Noun

ⲣⲁⲛ • (ran) m (plural ⲣⲁⲛ (ran), nominal form (S, B) ⲣⲉⲛ- (ren-), pronominal form (S, A) ⲣⲛ̄ⲧ⸗ (rn̄t⸗) or (S) ⲣⲉⲛⲧ⸗ (rent⸗) or (S) ⲣⲓⲛⲧ⸗ (rint⸗) or (S) ⲣⲁⲛⲧ⸗ (rant⸗) or (S, OC) ⲣⲓⲛ⸗ (rin⸗) or (B, OC) ⲣⲉⲛ⸗ (ren⸗))

1. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Old Coptic) name.

   ⲡⲣⲁⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲙⲡϣⲏⲣⲉϣⲏⲙⲡⲉ ⲡⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ.

   pran de mpšērešēmpe pamoun.

   The name of the young man was Pamun.

Derived terms

• ⲣⲉⲙⲛⲣⲁⲛ (remnran)

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939), A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, pages 297–298
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976), Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN