ϩⲏⲃⲉⲥ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ϩⲏⲃⲥ (hēbs) – Sahidic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
- ϩⲉⲃⲥ (hebs) – Sahidic
- ϩⲃⲥ (hbs) – Sahidic
- ⳉⲏⲃⲥ (xēbs) – Akhmimic
- ϧⲏⲃⲥ (xēbs) – Bohairic
Etymology
From Demotic ẖbs (“lamp”), from Egyptian
(ḫbs, “wick, lamp”).
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Noun
ϩⲏⲃⲉⲥ • (hēbes) m
- (Fayyumic) lamp
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 275
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 658