Coptic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Demotic nḥḥ (forever, eternity), from Egyptian
rHhrwH
(r nḥḥ, forever).

Noun edit

ⲉⲛⲉϩ (enehm

  1. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic) eternity

Adjective edit

ⲉⲛⲉϩ (eneh)

  1. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic) eternal

Adverb edit

ⲉⲛⲉϩ (eneh)

  1. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic) forever, eternally

References edit

  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 36
  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 57
  • Gundacker, Roman (2011) “On the Etymology of the Egyptian Crown Name mrsw.t*: An “Irregular” Subgroup of m-Prefix Formations” in Lingua Aegyptia, volume 19, page 53