Coptic Dictionary Online

Form	Dial.	Form ID	POS	Attestation
ⲛⲉϣ-	S	CF13324	Vb.		ANNIS frequencies: Word form frequency per 10,000: 0.14 (# 611) Lemma frequency per 10,000: 0.14 (# 567)

Scriptorium tag: V

1.	(En)	not to be able to
	(Fr)	ne pas pouvoir
	(De)	nicht können
	Bibliography: CD 541b ?; KoptHWb 299?; ChLCS 74b?

Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)

Sahidic:

ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲩⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ ⲥⲱⲟⲩϩ ⲙⲙⲁⲩ ϩⲱⲥⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲙⲛⲉϣ ϩⲓⲣⲙⲡⲣⲟ ϣⲟⲡⲟⲩ . ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁϥϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲩ ϩⲙⲡϣⲁϫⲉ . Immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even around the door; and he spoke the word to them. Mark Chapter 2 (urn:cts:copticLit:nt.mark.sahidica_ed:2)
ⲁⲩⲱ ⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ ⲁϥϫⲓ ⲛⲛⲉⲩⲉⲥⲟⲟⲩ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲙⲛⲛⲉⲩⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲁⲩϩⲣⲁ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲓⲧϩⲏ ⲛⲛⲉϣⲱⲗ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛϣⲱⲗ ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲛⲉϣⲁⲩϫⲟⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲃⲏⲏⲧⲟⲩ ϫⲉⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲉ ⲛⲉϣⲟⲗⲥ ⲛⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ And he took all the flocks, and the herds, and led them away before the spoils: and it was said of these spoils, These are the spoils of David. 09_I Samuel_30 (urn:cts:copticLit:ot.1sam.coptot:30)
ⲛϣⲁϫⲉ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲥⲉϣⲁⲁⲧ ⲛⲛⲉϣ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛϩⲏⲧⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲛⲉϣ ⲡⲃⲁⲗ ⲥⲉⲓ ϩⲁⲡⲛⲁⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲛⲉϣ ⲡⲙⲁⲁϫⲉ ⲥⲉⲓ ϩⲁⲡⲥⲱⲧⲙ All things are full of labour; a man will not be able to speak of them: neither shall the eye be satisfied with seeing, neither shall the ear be filled with hearing. 21_Ecclesiastes_1 (urn:cts:copticLit:ot.eccl.coptot:1)

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TLA lemma no. C5674ⲛⲉϣ-