Scriptorium tag: N
 1. (En) porter, doorkeeper
(Fr) portier, gardien de la porte
(De) Türhüterin
Bibliography: CD 176b?; KoptHWb 96?; ChLCS 26b?
Descended from Demotic mnṱ, Hieroglyphic Egyptian wnw.tj hour-watcher (a priest); see TLA: [Demotic] [Hieroglyphic Egyptian]
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
Sahidic:
  • ⲡⲉⲙⲛⲟⲩⲧ ⲇⲉ ⲁϥⲣⲡⲛⲁ ⲛⲙⲙⲁϥ And the porter had compassion upon him, The Life of John the Kalybites part 2 (urn:cts:copticLit:lives.john_kalybites.budge:46-90)
  • ⲛⲧϩⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲉϥⲛⲁⲁⲡⲟⲇⲏⲙⲉⲓ ⲉⲁϥⲕⲁⲡⲉϥⲏⲉⲓ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁϥϯ ⲛⲧⲉⲝⲟⲩⲥⲓⲁ ⲛⲛⲉϥϩⲙϩⲁⲗ ⲡⲟⲩⲁ ⲡⲟⲩⲁ ⲉⲁϥϯ ⲛⲁϥ ⲙⲡⲉϥϩⲱⲃ . ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉⲙⲛⲟⲩⲧ ⲁϥϩⲱⲛ ⲉⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ ϫⲉⲕⲁⲁⲥ ⲉϥⲉⲣⲟⲉⲓⲥ It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch. Mark Chapter 13 (urn:cts:copticLit:nt.mark.sahidica_ed:13)
  • ⲙⲛⲙⲛⲟⲩⲧ ⲕⲱⲗⲩ ⲙⲙⲟⲕ · ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲟⲓⲕⲟⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ · Let neither doorkeeper nor steward prevent thee (from crying). On the Canaanite Woman (urn:cts:copticLit:pschrysostom.canaanite.budge:1-51)

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Please cite as: TLA lemma no. C1964 (ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲧ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.py?tla=C1964 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).
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