ϩⲏⲃⲉⲥ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ϩⲏⲃⲥ (hēbs) — Sahidic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
• ϩⲉⲃⲥ (hebs) — Sahidic
• ϩⲃⲥ (hbs) — Sahidic
• ⳉⲏⲃⲥ (xēbs) — Akhmimic
• ϧⲏⲃⲥ (xēbs) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic ẖbs (“lamp”), from Egyptian (ḫꜣbwsꜣ), (ḫbs, “wick, lamp”).

Noun

ϩⲏⲃⲉⲥ • (hēbes) m

1. (Fayyumic) lamp

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 275
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 658