ⲗⲁⲃⲟⲓ

Coptic

Etymology

Two lions, symbolizing today and yesterday.

From Demotic lby (“bear, lion”), from Late Egyptian rby (“lion”), possibly from earlier rwꜣbw. Ultimately an Egyptian borrowing from Semitic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈβɔj/

Noun

ⲗⲁⲃⲟⲓ • (laboi) f

1. (Bohairic) lioness
2. (Bohairic) she-bear

Noun

ⲗⲁⲃⲟⲓ • (laboi) m

1. (Bohairic) bear

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 69
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 136
• Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 94