ⲁⲛⲥⲏⲃⲉ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲁⲛⲍⲏⲃ (anzēb) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (ꜥ.t-sbꜣ), from Egyptian

(ꜥt-sbꜣw), from ꜥt (“room”) + sbꜣw (“teaching”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (reconstructed classical Coptic) /anˈseːβə/

Noun

ⲁⲛⲥⲏⲃⲉ • (ansēbe) f (plural ⲁⲛⲥⲏⲃⲉ (ansēbe))

(Sahidic) school

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 9
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 12

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