ϣⲃⲱⲧ

Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic šbt (“stick”), from Egyptian šꜣbd, itself a borrowing from Semitic.

Noun

ϣⲃⲱⲧ • (šbōt) m (plural ϣⲃⲟϯ (šboti))

  1. (Bohairic) stick, rod

References
  • Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN
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