ⲱⲗⲕ

Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic ꜥlq, from Egyptian


(ꜥrq, to bend).

Verb

ⲱⲗⲕ • (ōlk) (nominal state (B, S) ⲉⲗⲕ-, or (B, S) ⲗⲕ-, pronominal state (B, S) ⲟⲗⲕ⸗, stative (B, S) ⲟⲗⲕ)

  1. (Bohairic, Sahidic, Lycopolitan, Akhmimic, intransitive) to be bent, become bent
  2. (Bohairic, Sahidic, Lycopolitan, Akhmimic, transitive, reflexive) to bend
  3. (Sahidic, stative) turned aside, distorted

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ⲉⲗⲕⲥ (elks), ⲉⲗⲝ (elks, bend, corner) (Bohairic)
  • ⲗⲕⲉ (lke, bend, crease, corner)
  • ⲟⲗⲕⲥ (olks), ⲟⲗⲉⲕⲥ (oleks, bend, corner) (Sahidic)
  • ⲱⲗⲕ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ (ōlk epesēt, lean, bow down)
  • ⲱⲗⲕϣⲁ (ōlkša), ⲉⲗⲕϣⲁ (elkša), ⲗⲕϣⲁ (lkša, turn up nose, sneer)
  • ⲱⲗⲕϣⲁ (ōlkša, jeer, mockery)

References

  • TLA lemma no. C5465 (ⲱⲗⲕ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [1]
  • Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary[2], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 522