ⲥⲁⲛ

Coptic

Brothers in Fayyum mummy portraits

Alternative forms

• ⲥⲟⲛ (son) — Sahidic, Bohairic

Etymology

Inherited from Demotic ⁠ (sn), from Egyptian (sn).

Noun

ⲥⲁⲛ • (san) m (plural ⲥⲛⲏⲩ (snēu) or ⲥⲛⲏⲟⲩ (snēou) or ⲥⲁⲛ (san))

1. (Fayyumic, Akhmimic) brother

Coordinate terms

• ⲥⲱⲛⲉ (sōne) (Sahidic, Akhmimic), ⲥⲱⲛⲓ (sōni) (Bohairic, Fayyumic)

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 154
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 342