ⲥⲓⲃ

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Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably from Demotic sb (“vermin”), from Egyptian
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(sbt, “vermin”), or Egyptian
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p zp		 I14
 (zp, “kind of worm causing irritation”).

Noun

ⲥⲓⲃ • (sib) m

  1. (Sahidic) tick (arachnid)

References

  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 318b
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 146
  • TLA lemma no. C3343 (ⲥⲓⲃ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA),
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