ϫⲉⲛ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲓⲥϫⲉⲛ (isčen) — Bohairic
• ϫⲛ (čn) — Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, Old Coptic
• ϫⲓⲛ (čin) — Sahidic, Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic n-ṯ n — cf. also ṯ(ꜣ) (“from, since”) alone — from Egyptian ṯꜣ-n (“starting from”).

Preposition

ϫⲉⲛ • (čen)

1. (Sahidic, Fayyumic) starting from, since

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN