ⲧⲉⲃⲛⲏ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲧⲃⲛⲏ (tbnē) — Sahidic, Lycopolitan
• 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”).

Noun

ⲧⲉⲃⲛⲏ • (tebnē) m (plural (B) ⲧⲃⲛⲱⲟⲩⲓ (tbnōoui) or (F) ⲧⲃⲛⲁⲩⲓ (tbnaui) or (F) ⲧⲃⲛⲁⲟⲩⲉⲓ (tbnaouei) or (F) ⲧⲉϥⲛⲁⲩⲉⲓ (tefnauei))

1. (Bohairic, Fayyumic) beast, domestic animal

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 182
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 400