ⲥⲟⲛ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲥⲁⲛ (san) — Akhmimic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan, Old Coptic

Etymology

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

Noun

ⲥⲟⲛ • (son) m (plural ⲥⲛⲏⲩ (snēu) or ⲥⲛⲏⲟⲩ (snēou) or ⲥⲟⲛ (son), nominal form ⲥⲛ- (sn-) or ⲥⲉⲛ- (sen-))

1. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Old Coptic) brother
2. (Sahidic, Bohairic, in the plural) sibling (of unspecified sex), brother or sister
3. (Sahidic, Bohairic) (male) cousin
4. (Sahidic, Bohairic) husband
5. (Sahidic, Bohairic) title applied to monks

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, pages 342b–343a