ⲁϥ ⲛⲉⲃⲓⲱ

Coptic

Alternative forms

  • ⲉϥ ⲛⲉⲃⲓⲟⲩ (ef nebiou) — Akhmimic
  • ⲁϥ ⲙⲃⲓⲟⲩ (af mbiou) — Bohairic

Etymology

From ⲁϥ (af) +‎ ⲛ- (n-) +‎ ⲉⲃⲓⲱ (ebiō, literally “honey fly”).

Noun

ⲁϥ ⲛⲉⲃⲓⲱ • (af nebiō) m

  1. (Bohairic, Sahidic) bee

References

  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 23b
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 16
  • TLA lemma no. C272 (ⲁϥ ⲛⲉⲃⲓⲱ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [2]
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