ϣⲏⲣⲉ

Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic šr, from Egyptian

(šr, “boy, son”).

Noun

ϣⲏⲣⲉ • (šēre) m (plural ϣⲏⲣⲉ (šēre) or (S) ϣⲣⲏⲩ (šrēu) or (S) ϣⲣⲉⲩ (šreu), nominal form (S, A, L) ϣⲣ- (šr-) or (A) ϣⲏⲣ- (šēr-) or (S) ϣⲉ- (še-) or (S) ϣⲓ- (ši-) or (S) ϣⲟⲩ- (šou-) or (S) ϣⲛ- (šn-) or (S) ϣⲏⲛ- (šēn-))

(Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) son
Coordinate term: ϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ (šeere)
(Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) boy
(Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) child (of unspecified sex)
(Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) young (of animals)

Alternative forms

ϣⲏⲣⲓ (šēri) — Bohairic, Fayyumic, Old Coptic
ϣⲏⲗⲓ (šēli) — Fayyumic
ⲩ̅ⲥ̅ (u̅s̅) — Sahidic

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 251
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, pages 584a–585b