ⲗⲉⲓϥⲓ

Coptic

Labeo niloticus

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

ⲗⲉⲓϥⲓ • (leifi) m (plural not attested)

(Bohairic) a kind of fish that lives in the Nile river (Labeo niloticus)

Synonyms

ⲗⲁⲃⲏⲥ (labēs) (Sahidic)

Descendants

→? Ancient Greek: ἀλάβης (alábēs), ἀλλάβης (allábēs); λεβίος (lebíos)
- → Demotic: lbs
  - → Coptic: ⲗⲁⲃⲏⲥ (labēs) (Sahidic)
    - → Arabic: لَبِيس (labīs)

References

Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 148b
Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 75

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