ⲥⲃⲱ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲥⲃⲟⲩ (sbou) — Akhmimic, Lycopolitan

Etymology

From Demotic ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (sbꜣ.t), from Egyptian

(sbꜣyt).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Classical Coptic) /(ə)sˈβoːʔ/
IPA^(key): (Late Bohairic) /(a)sˈwu/
IPA^(key): (Greco-Bohairic) /esˈvo/

Noun

ⲥⲃⲱ • (sbō) f (plural (S) ⲥⲃⲟⲟⲩⲉ (sbooue) or (S) ⲥⲃⲱⲟⲩⲉ (sbōoue) or (B) ⲥⲃⲱⲟⲩⲓ (sbōoui) or (F) ⲥⲃⲁⲟⲩⲓ (sbaoui))

(Sahidic, Bohairic, Lycopolitan, Fayyumic) teaching, doctrine

Derived terms

ϭⲓⲥⲃⲱ (cisbō)
ϯⲥⲃⲱ (tisbō)

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 147
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 319