ⲉⲛⲏϩⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲉⲛⲉϩ (eneh) — Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic
• ⲉⲛⲉϩⲉ (enehe) — Sahidic
• ⲁⲛⲏϩⲉ (anēhe) — Akhmimic, Lycopolitan

Etymology

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

Noun

ⲉⲛⲏϩⲉ • (enēhe) m

1. (Sahidic) eternity

Adjective

ⲉⲛⲏϩⲉ • (enēhe)

1. (Sahidic) eternal

Adverb

ⲉⲛⲏϩⲉ • (enēhe)

1. (Sahidic) 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