ⲙⲟⲛⲙⲉⲛ

Coptic

Etymology 1

From Demotic mnmn (move, tremble), from Egyptian


(mnmn, to move; quake).

Verb

ⲙⲟⲛⲙⲉⲛ • (monmen)

  1. (Bohairic, intransitive) to shake, be shaken
  2. (Bohairic, transitive) to shake
Conjugation

Noun

ⲙⲟⲛⲙⲉⲛ • (monmenm

  1. (Bohairic) earthquake, tempest
    Synonyms: ⲕⲉⲙⲧⲟ (kemto), ⲕⲙⲧⲟ (kmto) (Sahidic), ⲥⲓⲥⲙⲟⲥ (sismos) (Mesokemic)

Etymology 2

From Egyptian


(mnn, twisted rope);


(mnn, be wound round);


(mnn, torsion, twisting).

Adjective

ⲙⲟⲛⲙⲉⲛ • (monmen)

  1. (Bohairic) twisted

References

  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 176a
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 85
  • TLA lemma no. C1956 (ⲙⲟⲛⲙⲉⲛ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [2]
  • TLA lemma no. C1957 (ⲙⲟⲛⲙⲉⲛ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [3]