ⲃⲉⲗⲗⲉ

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Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Blind Egyptian beggar
Černý derives this word from Demotic bl (blind), from Egyptian
br
D12
D7
(br) or
br
r
(brr), both components found in masculine proper names which Meeks equates and renders as ‘blind man’. Vycichl instead considers it to have come from a compound which he reconstructs as *bely-iꜣ, with the first component related to Demotic bl (blind).

Pronunciation

  • (Old Bohairic) IPA(key): /βəlˈleʔ/

Noun

ⲃⲉⲗⲗⲉ (bellem (plural ⲃⲉⲗⲗⲉⲩ (belleu)) (feminine ⲃⲉⲗⲗⲏ (bellē))

  1. (Bohairic) a blind person

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