ⲕⲉⲛ⸗
Coptic edit
Alternative forms edit
- ⲕⲟⲩⲛ⸗ (koun⸗) — Sahidic, Fayyumic
- ⲕⲟⲩⲟⲩⲛ⸗ (kououn⸗) — Sahidic, Lycopolitan
- ⲕⲟⲩⲟⲛ⸗ (kouon⸗) — Sahidic
- ⲕⲟⲩⲱⲛ⸗ (kouōn⸗) — Sahidic
- ⲕⲟⲟⲛ⸗ (koon⸗) — Akhmimic
- ⲕⲟⲛ⸗ (kon⸗) — Akhmimic
Etymology edit
From Demotic qn (“lap”), from Egyptian qnj (“embrace, bosom”).
Noun edit
ⲕⲉⲛ⸗ • (ken⸗) m
- (Sahidic, Bohairic) bosom
- ⲡⲓⲙⲟⲛⲟⲅⲉⲛⲏⲥ ⲛⲛⲟⲩϯ, ⲡⲏⲉⲧⲭⲏ ϧⲉⲛ ⲕⲉⲛϥ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲓⲱⲧ, ⲛⲑⲟϥ ⲡⲉⲧⲁϥⲥⲁϫⲓ. ― pimonogenēs nnouti, pēetkhē xen kenf mpefiōt, nthof petafsači. ― the only begotten son of god ,who is in the bosom of his father, he declared.
References edit
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 111
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 59