ⲗⲉⲓϥⲓ
Coptic
Etymology
Unknown.
Noun
ⲗⲉⲓϥⲓ • (leifi) m (plural not attested)
- (Bohairic) a kind of fish that lives in the Nile river (Labeo niloticus)
Synonyms
- ⲗⲁⲃⲏⲥ (labēs) (Sahidic)
Descendants
- →? Ancient Greek: ἀλάβης (alábēs), ἀλλάβης (allábēs), λεβίος (lebíos)
References
- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 148b
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 75