ϣⲃⲱⲧ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ϣⲃⲟⲧ (šbot) — Sahidic

Etymology

From Demotic šbt (“stick”), from Egyptian šꜣbd, itself a borrowing from Semitic.

Noun

ϣⲃⲱⲧ • (šbōt) m (plural (B) ϣⲃⲟϯ (šboti) or (S) ϣⲃⲁⲧⲉ (šbate))

1. (Bohairic, Fayyumic, Sahidic) stick, rod

References

• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN