ⲥⲃⲱ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ⲥⲃⲟⲩ (sbou) – Akhmimic, Lycopolitan
Etymology
From Demotic (sbꜣ.t), from Egyptian
(sbꜣyt).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Classical Coptic) /(ə)sˈβoːʔ/
- IPA(key): (Late Bohairic) /(a)sˈwu/
- IPA(key): (Greco-Bohairic) /esˈvo/
Noun
ⲥⲃⲱ • (sbō) f
- (Sahidic, Bohairic, Lycopolitan, Fayyumic) teaching, doctrine
Derived terms
- ϭⲓⲥⲃⲱ (cisbō)
- ϯⲥⲃⲱ (tisbō)
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 147
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 319