ⲥⲓⲧ
Coptic
Alternative forms
- ⲥⲓⲧⲉ (site) – Sahidic
- ⲥⲓϯ (siti) – Bohairic, rare
Etymology
From Demotic syṱ (“serpent”), from Egyptian zꜣ-tꜣ (name of a serpent, literally “son of the earth”), from
zꜣ (“son”) +
tꜣ (“land, earth”).
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Noun
ⲥⲓⲧ • (sit) m
- (Sahidic, Old Coptic) basilisk
- (Sahidic, Old Coptic) cerastes (horned viper)
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN