ϣⲃⲏⲗ
Appearance
Coptic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ϣⲫⲏⲣ (šphēr) — Bohairic
- ϣⲃⲣ (šbr) — Sahidic
- ⳉⲃⲏⲣ (xbēr) — Akhmimic
- ϣⲃⲏⲣ (šbēr) — Sahidic, Lycopolitan
Etymology
[edit]From Demotic ḫbr, a loan from Semitic; compare Hebrew חָבֵר (ḥābēr, “friend”).
Noun
[edit]ϣⲃⲏⲗ • (šbēl) m (feminine ϣⲃⲉⲉⲗⲉ (šbeele), plural ϣⲃⲏⲗ (šbēl), nominal form ϣⲃⲗ- (šbl-))
Derived terms
[edit]- ⲙⲉⲧϣⲃⲏⲗ (metšbēl, “friendship”)
References
[edit]- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 553
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 237