ⲥⲉϩ

Coptic

A Coptic Christian woman dictating a letter to a scribe, 1849

Alternative forms

• ⲥⲁϩ (sah) — Sahidic, Lycopolitan, Old Coptic
• ⲥⲁϧ (sax) — Bohairic
• ⲥⲁⳉ (sax) — Akhmimic

Etymology

From Egyptian zẖꜣw (“scribe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Fayyumic) /seh/

Noun

ⲥⲉϩ • (seh) m or f (plural ⲥϩⲟⲩⲓ (shoui), nominal form ⲥⲁⲭ- (sakh-))

1. (Fayyumic) teacher, scribe
2. (Fayyumic) master

Derived terms

• ⲙⲉⲧⲥⲉϩ (metseh, “skill”)
• ⲥⲉϩ ⲙ̀ⲙⲉⲣⲕⲁⲥ (seh m̀merkas, “orthopedist”)
• ⲥⲉϩ ⲙ̀ⲛⲓⲛⲑⲏⲣ (seh m̀ninthēr, “Scribe of the gods (an epithet of Thoth”)

Related terms

• ⲥϩⲏⲧ (shēt), ⲥϩⲉⲓ (shei), ⲥⲉⲓϩⲉⲓ (seihei), ⲥⲉⲓϩ (seih) (to write)