ⲕⲉⲛ⸗

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲕⲟⲩⲛ⸗ (koun⸗) — Sahidic, Fayyumic
• ⲕⲟⲩⲟⲩⲛ⸗ (kououn⸗) — Sahidic, Lycopolitan
• ⲕⲟⲩⲟⲛ⸗ (kouon⸗) — Sahidic
• ⲕⲟⲩⲱⲛ⸗ (kouōn⸗) — Sahidic
• ⲕⲟⲟⲛ⸗ (koon⸗) — Akhmimic
• ⲕⲟⲛ⸗ (kon⸗) — Akhmimic

Etymology

From Demotic qn (“lap”), from Egyptian qnj (“embrace, bosom”).

Noun

ⲕⲉⲛ⸗ • (ken⸗) m

1. (Sahidic, Bohairic) bosom

   ⲡⲓⲙⲟⲛⲟⲅⲉⲛⲏⲥ ⲛⲛⲟⲩϯ, ⲡⲏⲉⲧⲭⲏ ϧⲉⲛ ⲕⲉⲛϥ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲓⲱⲧ, ⲛⲑⲟϥ ⲡⲉⲧⲁϥⲥⲁϫⲓ. ― pimonogenēs nnouti, pēetkhē xen kenf mpefiōt, nthof petafsači. ― the only begotten son of god ,who is in the bosom of his father, he declared.

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 111
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 59