ⲥⲓⲣ

Coptic

Etymology 1

From Egyptian sr (“hair”).

Noun

ⲥⲓⲣ • (sir) m

1. (Sahidic) hair, line, stripe

Etymology 2

From Demotic syr.

Alternative forms

• ⲥⲁⲓⲉⲣⲉ (saiere), ⲥⲁⲓⲉⲣ (saier) — Sahidic
• ⲥⲉⲉⲣⲉ (seere) — Akhmimic

Noun

ⲥⲓⲣ • (sir) m

1. (Sahidic) colostrum, butter

Etymology 3

Possibly the same word as above, if so then it is a loan word from a Semitic language, see Hebrew שׂאר (ser) and Amharic סיאןרא (“leaven”).

Alternative forms

• ⲥⲉⲣⲉ (sere), ⲥⲉⲣ (ser) — Sahidic
• ⲥⲉⲉⲣⲉ (seere) — Akhmimic

Noun

ⲥⲓⲣ • (sir) m

1. (Sahidic) leaven

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 160
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 353