ⲉⲛⲉϩ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲉⲛⲉϩⲉ (enehe) — Sahidic
• ⲉⲛⲏϩⲉ (enēhe) — Sahidic
• ⲁⲛⲏϩⲉ (anēhe) — Akhmimic, Lycopolitan

Etymology

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

Noun

ⲉⲛⲉϩ • (eneh) m

1. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic) eternity

Adjective

ⲉⲛⲉϩ • (eneh)

1. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic) eternal

Adverb

ⲉⲛⲉϩ • (eneh)

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

References

• 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