ⲥⲓⲡ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably from Demotic sb (“vermin”), from Egyptian

(sbt, “vermin”), or Egyptian

(zp, “kind of worm causing irritation”).

Noun

ⲥⲓⲡ • (sip) m

  1. (Bohairic) tick (arachnid)

References

  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 318b
  • Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 146
  • TLA lemma no. C3343 (ⲥⲓⲡ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [2]
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