ⲙⲛⲁⲓ

See also: mnai, mnaí, and μναῖ

Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic r mnꜣy (“hither”), from Egyptian

(mjnꜣ, “hither”).

Pronunciation

(Old Bohairic) IPA^(key): /əmˈnai̯/
(Late Bohairic) IPA^(key): /amˈnai̯/
(Greco-Bohairic) IPA^(key): /emˈnaɪ̯/

Adverb

ⲙ̀ⲛⲁⲓ • (m̀nai)

(Bohairic) here

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 85
Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 114
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 174

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