ⲙⲉⲛⲣⲓⲧ

Coptic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Old Bohairic) /mənˈɾiːt/
  • IPA(key): (Late Bohairic) /manˈɾit/
  • IPA(key): (Greco-Bohairic) /menˈrit/

Noun

ⲙⲉⲛⲣⲓⲧ • (menrit) ? (plural ⲙⲉⲛⲣⲁϯ (menrati))

  1. beloved, friend
    ⲡⲁⲙⲉⲛⲣⲓⲧ
    pamenrit
    My beloved (describing a man)
    ⲧⲁⲙⲉⲛⲣⲓⲧ
    tamenrit
    My beloved (describing a woman)

Proper noun

ⲙⲉⲛⲣⲓⲧ • (menrit) m

  1. a male given name

Descendants
  • → Arabic: مِرِّيت (mirrīt)

References
  • Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN
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