ⲅⲉⲛⲟⲓⲧⲟ

Coptic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai).

Verb

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ⲅⲉⲛⲟⲓⲧⲟ (genoito)

  1. (Sahidic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan) may it happen (introduces wish)
    ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲁⲓ ϫⲉⲙⲏ ⲅⲉⲛⲟⲓⲧⲟ ⲛⲛⲉⲥϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲛⲥⲉⲛⲁϯⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲛⲁⲩ ⲁⲛ.pečaf nai čemē genoito nnesšōpe nsenatimton nau an.He said unto me, Let it not be that rest be not given unto them, and let them suffer not;

Conjugation

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