ⲗⲉⲥ
Coptic
Alternative forms
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Egyptian snake extruding its tongue
- ⲗⲁⲥ (las) – Sahidic, Bohairic, Old Coptic
Etymology
From Demotic
(ls, “tongue”), from Egyptian ns (“tongue”) */lis/, from Proto-Afroasiatic *lis (“tongue”). Cognate with Proto-Semitic *lišān-.
Noun
ⲗⲉⲥ • (les) m (plural ⲗⲉⲥ (les))
- (Fayyumic, Akhmimic) tongue
- (Fayyumic, Akhmimic) language
References
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 144
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN