ⲥⲃⲱ

Coptic

Alternative forms

ⲥⲃⲟⲩ (sbou) — Akhmimic, Lycopolitan

Etymology

From Demotic ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (sbꜣ.t), from Egyptian

(sbꜣyt).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Classical Coptic) /(ə)sˈβoːʔ/
IPA^(key): (Late Bohairic) /(a)sˈwu/
IPA^(key): (Greco-Bohairic) /esˈvo/

Noun

ⲥⲃⲱ • (sbō) f

(Sahidic, Bohairic, Lycopolitan, Fayyumic) teaching, doctrine

Derived terms

ϭⲓⲥⲃⲱ (cisbō)
ϯⲥⲃⲱ (tisbō)

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 147
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 319

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