ⲁⲛⲥⲏⲃⲉ

ⲁⲛⲥⲏⲃⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲁⲛⲍⲏⲃ (anzēb) – Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (ꜥ.t sbꜣ), from Egyptian (ꜥt sbꜣw), from ꜥt (“room”) + sbꜣw (“teaching”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (reconstructed classical Coptic) /anˈseːβə/

Noun

ⲁⲛⲥⲏⲃⲉ • (ansēbe) f (plural ⲁⲛⲥⲏⲃⲉ (ansēbe))

1. (Sahidic) school

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 9
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 12