Scriptorium tag: VSTAT
 1. (En) be (in act of) coming, about to come
(Fr) venir, être en chemin, être en train d'aller
(De) kommen, auf dem Wege sein, im Begriff sein (etw. zu tun)
Bibliography: CD 219b?; CED 114?; KoptHWb 118?-119; DELC 138?; ChLCS 33b?
Descended from Demotic ı ͗n-ı ͗w, Hieroglyphic Egyptian NA to come; to return; see TLA: [Demotic] [Hieroglyphic Egyptian]
cf. ⲉⲓ come
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
Sahidic:
  • ⲥⲉⲛⲏⲩ ⲅⲁⲣ · For, they come, Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 044: Hyperechius (urn:cts:copticLit:ap.44.monbeg)
  • ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲏⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲛⲉⲕ · [....]ⲥ · and those who come from your [...] Abraham Our Father: YA 518-20 (urn:cts:copticLit:shenoute.abraham.monbya:1-4)
  • ⲡϩⲗⲗⲟ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲉϥϯⲟⲉⲓⲕ ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲧⲛⲏⲩ . The elder gave bread to everyone who came. Apophthegmata Patrum Sahidic 096: Anonymous Nau 281 (urn:cts:copticLit:ap.96.monbeg)

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Please cite as: TLA lemma no. C2397 (ⲛⲏⲩ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.py?tla=C2397 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).
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