ⲗⲁⲃⲟⲓ

ⲗⲁⲃⲟⲓ

Coptic

Etymology

Two lions, symbolizing today and yesterday.

From Demotic lby (“bear, lion”), from Late Egyptian rby (“lion”), possibly from earlier rwꜣbw. Ultimately an Egyptian borrowing from Semitic.

Noun

ⲗⲁⲃⲟⲓ (laboi) f

1. (Bohairic) lioness
2. (Bohairic) she-bear

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 69
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 136