ⲅⲁⲣ
Coptic edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek γάρ (gár).
Conjunction edit
ⲅⲁⲣ • (gar)
- (postpositive, usually second word in a clause) for, because
Old Nubian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Nubian *gor.
Noun edit
ⲅⲁⲣ (gar)
Derived terms edit
- ⲅⲁⲣ-ⲕⲉⲙⲥⲟ- (gar-kemso-, “earth”, literally “four sides”)
Descendants edit
- Nobiin: gār
References edit
- Browne, Gerald M. (1996) Old Nubian Dictionary, University of Virginia: In Aedibus Peeters, →ISBN, page 25