ⲫⲓⲃ

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Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Demotic pꜣ-hb (“The ibis”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Sahidic) /ʔəpˈhiːβ/
  • IPA(key): (Old Bohairic) /pʰiːb/

Proper noun

ⲫⲓⲃ • (phib) m

  1. (Bohairic, Sahidic) a male given name

Descendants

  • → Arabic: بيب (bīb)
  • → Ancient Greek: Φιβις (Phibis), Φιβ (Phib)

References

  • Trismegistos
  • Isḥāḳ, Emile Māher. 1975. "The phonetics and phonology of the Boḥairic dialect of Coptic and the Survival of Coptic Word in the Colloquial and Classical Arabic of Egypt and of Coptic Grammatical Constructions in Colloquial Egyptian Arabic". University of Oxford
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