ⲙⲁ ⲛⳉⲁⲉ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ⲙⲁ ⲛϣⲁⲓ (ma nšai), ⲙⲁⲛϣⲁⲓ (manšai) — Bohairic
- ⲙⲁ ⲛϣⲉⲉⲓ (ma nšeei), ⲙⲁ ⲛϣⲉⲓ (ma nšei) — Fayyumic
- ⲙⲁ ⲛϣⲁ (ma nša) — Sahidic
Etymology
From ⲙⲁ (ma) + ⲛ- (n-) + ⳉⲁⲉ (xae), literally “place of rising (of the sun)”.
Noun
ⲙⲁ ⲛⳉⲁⲉ • (ma nxae) m
References
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 543
- TLA lemma no. C5682 (ⲙⲁ ⲛⳉⲁⲉ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [2]