ⲛⲉⲙ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲙⲛ (mn) — Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, Fayyumic
ⲛⲙ (nm) — archaic Sahidic
ⲙⲉⲛ (men) — Old Coptic
ⲙⲉ (me) — Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic jrm (“with”), from Late Egyptian jrm (“with”) (also written nm in the Greco-Roman Period), from earlier Egyptian r mn (“together with”), ultimately from r mn m (“up to, from here to”), from r (“to, in order to”) + mn (“to remain, endure”) + m (“in”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nəm/

Conjunction

ⲛⲉⲙ • (nem)

(Bohairic, Fayyumic, Old Coptic) and
(Bohairic, Fayyumic, Old Coptic) with

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 83
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 169

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