ⲥⲓⲃ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲥⲓⲡ (sip) — Bohairic

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably from Demotic sb (“vermin”), from Egyptian (sbt, “vermin”), or Egyptian (zp, “kind of worm causing irritation”).

Noun

ⲥⲓⲃ • (sib) m

1. (Sahidic) tick (arachnid)

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 318b
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 146
• TLA lemma no. C3343 (ⲥⲓⲃ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [2]