ϣⲱⲡϣ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Demotic ḫpš (“arm, foreleg”), from Egyptian

(ḫpš, “foreleg”).

Noun

ϣⲱⲡϣ • (šōpš) m

(Sahidic, rare in Bohairic):

  1. arm, foreleg (of animals)
  2. shoulder
  3. gizzard, crop
  4. name of a constellation, Ursa Major

References

  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 582
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 249
  • TLA lemma no. C6011 (ϣⲱⲡϣ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [2]
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