ⲙⲟⲛⲏ

Coptic edit

Mit Ghamr, a picture from "Egypt painted and described"

Alternative forms edit

ⲙⲱⲛⲏ (mōnē) — Bohairic
ⲙⲟⲛⲁ (mona) — Bohairic
ⲙⲟⲛⲓ (moni) — Bohairic
ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥ (monas) — Sahidic

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek μονή (monḗ, “dwelling, abode”).

Noun edit

ⲙⲟⲛⲏ • (monē) f (plural ⲙⲟⲛⲱⲟⲩⲓ (monōoui))

(Bohairic) dwelling, station on Nile, abode
Synonyms: ⲁϩⲟ (aho), ⲟⲩⲱϩ (ouōh)
(Bohairic) monastery
Synonyms: ⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ (monastērion), ⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ (topos)

Derived terms edit

ⲑⲙⲟⲛⲏ (thmonē, “a city in Upper Egypt”)

Descendants edit

→ Arabic: مِنْية (minya), مِيت (mīt)

References edit

TLA lemma no. C9819 (ⲙⲟⲛⲏ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [1]
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.}Peust, Carsten (2010) Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten (Göttinger Miszellen. Beihefte; 8)‎^[2] (in German), Göttingen
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[3], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 177b

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