ϣⲱⲃϣ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ϣⲱⲡϣ (šōpš) — Bohairic, Sahidic
• ⳉⲱⲡϣ (xōpš) — Akhmimic

Etymology

From Demotic ḫpš (“arm, foreleg”), from Egyptian (ḫpš, “foreleg”).

Noun

ϣⲱⲃϣ • (šōbš) m

1. (Bohairic) arm, foreleg (of animals)
2. (Bohairic) shoulder
3. (Bohairic) gizzard, crop
4. (Bohairic) name of a constellation, Ursa Major

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 582
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 249
• TLA lemma no. C6011 (ϣⲱⲃϣ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [2]