ϣϫⲉ

Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic ⁠⁠ (sḏ, “locust”), displacing earlier Egyptian

(znḥm, “locust”).

Noun

ϣϫⲉ • (šče) m (plural ϣϫⲏⲩ (ščēu) or ϣϫⲏⲟⲩ (ščēou) or ϣϫⲉ (šče))

  1. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic) locust

References

  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
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