ⳉⲱⲡϣ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ϣⲱⲃϣ (šōbš) — Bohairic
• ϣⲱⲡϣ (šōpš) — Sahidic, Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic ḫpš (“arm, foreleg”), from Egyptian (ḫpš, “foreleg”).

Noun

ⳉⲱⲡϣ • (xōpš) m

1. (Akhmimic) arm, foreleg (of animals)
2. (Akhmimic) shoulder
3. (Akhmimic) gizzard, crop
4. (Akhmimic) name of a constellation, Ursa Major

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 582
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 249
• TLA lemma no. C6011 (ⳉⲱⲡϣ), in: Coptic Dictionary Online, ed. by the Koptische/Coptic Electronic Language and Literature International Alliance (KELLIA), [2]