ⲫⲓⲛ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Egyptian spiny mouse

• ⲡⲓⲛ (pin) — Sahidic, Akhmimic

Etymology

From Demotic pn, from Egyptian pnw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰiːn/

Noun

ⲫⲓⲛ • (phin) m

1. (Bohairic) mouse

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 125
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 263