Coptic edit

Coptic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ⲥⲛⲁⲩ (snau)
    Ordinal : ⲡⲓⲙⲁϩⲥⲛⲁⲩ (pimahsnau)

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Egyptian snwj,

snn
nw W
Z1 Z1

Compare Proto-Semitic *ṯnā-.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Old Bohairic) IPA(key): /snaw/
  • (Late Bohairic) IPA(key): /snaw/
  • (Greco-Bohairic) IPA(key): /esˈnav/

Numeral edit

ⲥⲛⲁⲩ (snaum

  1. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Akhmimic) two