ⲓⲥϫⲉⲛ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ϫⲓⲛ (čin) — Sahidic, Fayyumic
• ϫⲛ (čn) — Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, Old Coptic
• ϫⲉⲛ (čen) — Sahidic, Fayyumic

Etymology

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

Preposition

ⲓⲥϫⲉⲛ • (isčen)

1. (Bohairic) starting from, since

   Ϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲓⲃⲉⲛ ⲓⲥϫⲉⲛ Ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲁⲙ ϣⲁ Ⲇⲁⲩⲓⲇ 14 ⲛϫⲱⲟⲩ . ― Čōou niben isčen Abraam ša Dauid 14 nčōou . ― So all generations from Abraham to David — 14 generations.

References

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