ⲧⲃⲧ

Coptic

Alternative forms

Fish on the tomb of Menna

• ⲧⲉⲃⲧ (tebt) — Bohairic
• ⲧⲏⲃⲉⲧ (tēbet) — Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic tbṱ, from Egyptian tbt.

Noun

ⲧⲃ̄ⲧ • (tb̄t) m (plural ⲧⲃ̄ⲧ (tb̄t))

1. (Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan) fish

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 401
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN