ⲧⲉⲃⲧ

Coptic

Fish on the tomb of Menna

Alternative forms

• ⲧⲃⲧ (tbt) — Sahidic, Akhmimic, Lycopolitan
• ⲧⲏⲃⲉⲧ (tēbet) — Fayyumic

Etymology

From Demotic tbṱ, from Egyptian (tbt).

Noun

ⲧⲉⲃⲧ • (tebt) m

1. (Bohairic) fish

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 183