ϣϫⲉ

Coptic

Etymology

Egyptian locust

From Demotic ⁠⁠ (sḏ, “locust”), displacing earlier Egyptian (znḥm, “locust”).

Noun

ϣϫⲉ • (šče) m (plural ϣϫⲏⲩ (ščēu) or ϣϫⲏⲟⲩ (ščēou) or ϣϫⲉ (šče))

1. (Sahidic, Bohairic, Fayyumic) locust

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN