ⲙⲉⲛⲣⲓⲧ

Coptic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Old Bohairic) /mənˈɾiːt/
• IPA^(key): (Late Bohairic) /manˈɾit/
• IPA^(key): (Greco-Bohairic) /menˈrit/

Noun

ⲙⲉⲛⲣⲓⲧ • (menrit) ? (plural ⲙⲉⲛⲣⲁϯ (menrati))

1. beloved, friend

   ⲡⲁⲙⲉⲛⲣⲓⲧ

   pamenrit

   My beloved (describing a man)

   ⲧⲁⲙⲉⲛⲣⲓⲧ

   tamenrit

   My beloved (describing a woman)

Proper noun

ⲙⲉⲛⲣⲓⲧ • (menrit) m

1. a male given name

Descendants

• → Arabic: مِرِّيت (mirrīt)

References

• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN