ⲑⲁϥ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Egyptian

(tf, “spittle, to spit out”).

Noun

ⲑⲁϥ • (thaf) m

  1. (Bohairic) spit, saliva

Derived terms

  • ϩⲓⲑⲁϥ (hithaf, “to spit”)
  • >? ⲉⲗⲧⲟϥ (eltof), ⲉⲗⲧⲟⲧϥ (eltotf, “to spit on”)

References

  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 202
  • TLA lemma no. C4732 (ⲑⲁϥ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [1]
  • TLA lemma no. C4734 (ⲑⲁϥ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [2]
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