Scriptorium tag: V
| 1. | (En) | approach, be nigh, comply with |
| (Fr) | approcher, être proche, se plier | |
| (De) | sich nähern, nahe sein, anerkennen | |
| Bibliography: CD 687a-688a?; CED 286?; KoptHWb 378?; DELC 304b?; ChLCS 92b? | ||
Descended from Demotic ẖn, Hieroglyphic Egyptian ẖn to approach; see TLA: [Demotic] [Hieroglyphic Egyptian]
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Sahidic:
- ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉϥϩⲱⲛ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ⲁⲓⲣϩⲟⲧⲉ · And when he had come nigh unto me I was afraid, Life of Onnophrius part 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:lives.onnophrius.budge:1-9)ⲛⲧⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲁϥⲟⲩⲉϩⲥⲁϩⲛⲉ ⲙⲡⲙⲉϩⲥⲛⲁⲩ ⲛⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲁϥϫⲟⲟⲩϥ ϣⲁⲣⲟϥ · ⲙⲛⲡⲙⲉϩϣⲟⲙⲛⲧ ϣⲁϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉⲡⲙⲉϩⲥⲁϣϥ ⲛⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲟⲩⲉϣ ϩⲱⲛ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲣⲟϥ · ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϫⲉⲛⲉϥⲱⲣⲕ ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲛϩⲉⲛⲛⲟϭ ⲛⲁⲛⲁϣ ⲛϩⲟⲧⲉ · And straightaway My Father commanded an angel a second time to go to it, and then a third angel, and so on even unto seven angels, and not one of them wished to approach the earth because it took awful oaths by mighty [names]. Discourse on Abbaton part 1 (urn:cts:copticLit:pstimothy.abbaton.budge:1-21)ⲕⲁⲡⲙⲟⲩ ⲉϥϩⲏⲛ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲙⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲛⲧⲉⲩϣⲏ Let death draw nigh unto thee by day and by night, Letter of pseudo-Ephrem MERC.AT 126-134 (urn:cts:copticLit:psephrem.letter.budge:1-9)
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See also:ⲡⲉⲧϩⲱⲛ ⲉⲣⲟϥ – neighbourPlease cite as: TLA lemma no. C6686 (ϩⲱⲛ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), https://coptic-dictionary.org/entry.py?tla=C6686 (accessed yyyy-mm-dd).Found a bug or a problem? Please report it at: https://github.com/KELLIA/dictionary/issues