ⲗⲉⲧ⸗

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲣⲁⲧ⸗ (rat⸗) — Sahidic, Bohairic
• ⲣⲉⲧ⸗ (ret⸗) — Akhmimic, Lycopolitan, Fayyumic, Old Coptic
• ⲣⲉⲉⲧ⸗ (reet⸗) — Akhmimic

Etymology

From Demotic rt (“foot”), from Egyptian (rd, “foot, leg”).

Noun

ⲗⲉⲧ⸗ • (let⸗) m

1. (Fayyumic) foot

Usage notes

Always pronominal.

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 302
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 140