ϩⲉⲃⲇⲟⲙⲁⲥ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ϩⲃⲇⲟⲙⲁⲥ (hbdomas) — Sahidic
• ϩⲉⲃⲇⲱⲙⲁⲥ (hebdōmas) — Sahidic
• ⲉⲃⲇⲱⲙⲁⲥ (ebdōmas) — Bohairic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἑβδομάς (hebdomás).

Noun

ϩⲉⲃⲇⲟⲙⲁⲥ • (hebdomas) f

1. week (7 days)
   • On Penitence and Abstinence, pt. 2 ch. 159 ln. 3

     ⲥⲱⲧⲙ ⲉⲡⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲇⲁⲛⲓⲏⲗ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲇⲁⲛⲓⲏⲗ ⲉⲛⲉⲓⲣϩⲏⲃⲉ ⲛϣⲟⲙⲧⲉ ⲛϩⲉⲃⲇⲟⲙⲁⲥ

     "Hearken unto the blessed man Daniel, who saith, 'I, Daniel, was in sore grief for three weeks."

2. weekday (one of the seven days)
3. seven; a group of seven; a hebdomad

References

• TLA lemma no. C11073 (ϩⲉⲃⲇⲟⲙⲁⲥ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [1]