ϫⲁⲉⲓⲥ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Demotic ṯs (“officer, commander, lord”), from Egyptian ṯsw (“commander”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃai̯s/ (reconstructed)

Noun

ϫⲁⲉⲓⲥ • (čaeis) m (plural ϫⲓⲥⲁⲁⲩⲉ (čisaaue) or ϫⲓⲥⲁⲁⲩ (čisaau))

  1. (Fayyumic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) master
  2. (Fayyumic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) lord
  3. (Fayyumic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, Christianity, always with definite article) Lord

References

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