ⲃⲟⲧⲉ

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Coptic

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Etymology

From Demotic btw, bty (abomination, crime), from Egyptian btꜣ (crime)

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Noun

ⲃⲟⲧⲉ (botef

  1. (Sahidic) abomination, detestable thing

References

  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 45
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 28
  • TLA lemma no. C560 (ⲃⲟⲧⲉ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA),