ⲛⲉⲙ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲙⲛ (mn) — Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, Fayyumic
• ⲛⲙ (nm) — archaic Sahidic
• ⲙⲉⲛ (men) — Old Coptic
• ⲙⲉ (me) — Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic jrm (“with”), from Late Egyptian jrm (“with”) (also written nm in the Greco-Roman Period), from earlier Egyptian r mn (“together with”), ultimately from r mn m (“up to, from here to”), from r (“to, in order to”) + mn (“to remain, endure”) + m (“in”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəm/

Conjunction

ⲛⲉⲙ • (nem)

1. (Bohairic, Fayyumic, Old Coptic) and
2. (Bohairic, Fayyumic, Old Coptic) with

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 83
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 169