ⲗⲉⲓϥⲓ

Coptic

Labeo niloticus

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

ⲗⲉⲓϥⲓ • (leifi) m (plural not attested)

1. (Bohairic) a kind of fish that lives in the Nile river (Labeo niloticus)

Synonyms

• ⲗⲁⲃⲏⲥ (labēs) (Sahidic)

Descendants

• →? Ancient Greek: ἀλάβης (alábēs), ἀλλάβης (allábēs); λεβίος (lebíos)
  • → Demotic: lbs
    • → Coptic: ⲗⲁⲃⲏⲥ (labēs) (Sahidic)
      • → Arabic: لَبِيس (labīs)

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 148b
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 75