ⲗⲁⲃⲟⲧⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ⲗⲁ- (la-, “(one) possessed with, endued with”) +‎ ⲃⲟⲧⲉ (bote, “hateful thing, anathema, abomination”).

Noun

ⲗⲁⲃⲟⲧⲉ • (labote) m

  1. (Sahidic, derogatory) sodomite

References

  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 45
  • TLA lemma no. C561 (ⲗⲁⲃⲟϯ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [2]
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