ⲛⲧⲁⲩ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲛⲑⲱⲟⲩ (nthōou) — Bohairic
• ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲩ (ntoou) — Sahidic

Etymology

From Egyptian (ntw, “they”).

Pronoun

ⲛⲧⲁⲩ • (ntau)

1. (Akhmimic, Fayyumic) they (third-person plural personal pronoun)

See also

Akhmimic independent personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		ⲁⲛⲁⲕ (anak)	ⲁⲛⲁⲛ (anan)
2nd person	m	ⲛⲧⲁⲕ (ntak)	ⲛⲧⲱⲧⲛⲉ (ntōtne)
	f	ⲛⲧⲟ (nto)
3rd person	m	ⲛⲧⲁϥ (ntaf)	ⲛⲧⲁⲩ (ntau)
	f	ⲛⲧⲁⲥ (ntas)

Fayyumic independent personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		ⲁⲛⲁⲕ (anak)	ⲁⲛⲁⲛ (anan)
2nd person	m	ⲛⲧⲁⲕ (ntak)	ⲛⲧⲁⲧⲉⲛ (ntaten)
	f	ⲛⲧⲁ (nta)
3rd person	m	ⲛⲧⲁϥ (ntaf)	ⲛⲧⲁⲩ (ntau)
	f	ⲛⲧⲁⲥ (ntas)

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 11
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 113