ⲥⲟⲩⲭⲓ

Coptic

Counterweight for ritual necklace featuring Sebek

Etymology

From Egyptian sbk.

Noun

ⲥⲟⲩⲭⲓ • (soukhi) m

1. (Bohairic) crocodile.

Synonyms

• ⲙⲥⲁϩ (msah)

Proper noun

ⲥⲟⲩⲭⲓ • (soukhi) m

1. (Bohairic, Sahidic) Sobek, the Egyptian god

Derived terms

• ⲥⲟⲩⲕⲏ (soukē, “Mercury”)
• ⲡⲉⲗϭⲉⲥⲟⲟⲕ (pelcesook, “Bulgusuq, "the domain of Sobek"”)

References

• Vocabularium coptico-Latinum, Gustav Parthey, 1844