ⲡⲟⲣϣⲥ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ⲡⲱⲣϣ (pōrš, “to (be) spread”) +‎ -ⲥ (-s), from Demotic prḫ (“to stretch out”), from Egyptian prḫ, prš (“to open up, stretch out”).

Noun

ⲡⲟⲣϣⲥ • (poršs) f

  1. (Sahidic) spread table

References

  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 271a
  • TLA lemma no. C2899 (ⲡⲟⲣϣⲥ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [2]
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