ⲗⲁ-

Coptic

Etymology

Perhaps from Egyptian nj (“belonging to, possessing”)

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Prefix

ⲗⲁ- • (la-)

1. (Sahidic, Bohairic) denominative prefix forming adjectives meaning possessing, endowed with

Derived terms

Coptic terms prefixed with ⲗⲁ-

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 135
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 69
• TLA lemma no. C1545 (ⲗⲁ-), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [2]