ⲣⲁⲛ

Coptic

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Demotic rn, from Egyptian rn,

Noun

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

1. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Old Coptic) name

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