ⲛⲣⲁⲥϯ
Coptic
Alternative forms
Etymology
ⲛ- (n-) + ⲣⲁⲥϯ (rasti, “tomorrow”), from Demotic rsṱ (“morrow”), from Egyptian
(rs, “wake”) +
(ṯw, “you”), all together an imperative: “wake up, you”.
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Adverb
ⲛⲣⲁⲥϯ • (nrasti)
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 139
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 302