ϩⲏⲃⲥ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ϧⲏⲃⲥ (xēbs) – Bohairic
- ϩⲉⲃⲥ (hebs) – Sahidic
- ϩⲃⲥ (hbs) – Sahidic
- ⳉⲏⲃⲥ (xēbs) – Akhmimic
- ϩⲏⲃⲉⲥ (hēbes) – Fayyumic
Etymology
From Demotic ẖbs (“lamp”), from Egyptian
(ḫbs, “wick, lamp”).
Noun
ϩⲏⲃⲥ • (hēbs) m
- (Sahidic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan) 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