ϣⲃⲏⲗ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ϣⲫⲏⲣ (šphēr) — Bohairic
• ϣⲃⲣ (šbr) — Sahidic
• ⳉⲃⲏⲣ (xbēr) — Akhmimic
• ϣⲃⲏⲣ (šbēr) — Sahidic, Lycopolitan

Etymology

From Demotic ḫbr, a loan from Semitic; compare Hebrew חָבֵר (ḥābēr, “friend”).

Noun

ϣⲃⲏⲗ • (šbēl) m (feminine ϣⲃⲉⲉⲗⲉ (šbeele), plural ϣⲃⲏⲗ (šbēl), nominal form ϣⲃⲗ- (šbl-))

1. (Fayyumic) friend

Derived terms

• ⲙⲉⲧϣⲃⲏⲗ (metšbēl, “friendship”)

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 553
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 237