ⲉⲓⲃⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Demotic ꜣby, from Egyptian
(jbj, be thirsty).

Verb

ⲉⲓⲃⲉ • (eibe) (stative (S) ⲟⲃⲉ, (L, A) ⲁⲃⲉ)

  1. (Sahidic, Lycopolitan, Akhmimic, intransitive) to thirst, be thirsty

Conjugation

Noun

ⲉⲓⲃⲉ • (eibem

  1. (Sahidic, Lycopolitan, Akhmimic) thirst
    Synonym: (Sahidic) ϭⲓⲛⲉⲓⲃⲉ (cineibe)

References

  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 76a
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 45
  • TLA lemma no. C883 (ⲉⲓⲃⲉ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [2]
  • TLA lemma no. C884 (ⲉⲓⲃⲉ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [3]