ⲛⲟⲃⲉ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ⲛⲟⲃⲓ (nobi) – Bohairic
- ⲛⲁⲃⲉ (nabe) – Akhmimic, Lycopolitan
- ⲛⲁⲃⲓ (nabi) – Fayyumic
- ⲛⲁϥⲓ (nafi) – Fayyumic
Etymology
From Demotic (nby), (nbe.t, “damage, sin”), from Egyptian
(nb, “damage, sin”).
Noun
ⲛⲟⲃⲉ • (nobe) m (plural ⲛⲟⲃⲉ (nobe))
- (Sahidic) sin, transgression
References
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 222
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 106