ⲧⲃⲛⲏ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲧⲉⲃⲛⲏ (tebnē) — Bohairic, Fayyumic
• ⲧⲩⲃⲛⲏ (tubnē) — Fayyumic
• ⲧⲃⲛⲓ (tbni) — Akhmimic

Etymology

From Demotic tp n jꜣw (“cattle”), from Late Egyptian (dbnt, “cattle”), from Egyptian (tp n jꜣwt), from earlier Egyptian (tp n ꜥwt, “head of animals, cattle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): */təβˈneːʔ/

Noun

ⲧⲃ̄ⲛⲏ • (tb̄nē) m (plural ⲧⲃⲛⲟⲟⲩⲉ (tbnooue) or ⲧⲉⲃⲛⲏⲟⲩ (tebnēou) or ⲧϥⲛⲏⲩ (tfnēu) or ⲧⲃⲛⲉⲩ (tbneu))

1. (Sahidic, Lycopolitan) beast, domestic animal

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 182
• Lambdin, Thomas Oden (1983) Introduction to Sahidic Coptic, Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, →ISBN
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 400