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)
  • 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)
  • 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. 41_Mark_13 (urn:cts:copticLit:nt.mark.sahidica:13)

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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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