ϣⲱⲃϣ

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Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Demotic ḫpš (“arm, foreleg”), from Egyptian
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 (ḫpš, “foreleg”).

Noun

ϣⲱⲃϣ • (šōbš) m

  1. (Bohairic) arm, foreleg (of animals)
  2. (Bohairic) shoulder
  3. (Bohairic) gizzard, crop
  4. (Bohairic) name of a constellation, Ursa Major

References

  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 582
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 249
  • TLA lemma no. C6011 (ϣⲱⲃϣ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA),
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