ϭⲟⲓⲥ
Coptic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Demotic ṯs (“officer, commander, lord”), from Egyptian ṯsw (“commander”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Old Bohairic) IPA(key): /t͡ʃʰoi̯s/
- (Late Bohairic) IPA(key): /ʃui̯s/
- (Greco-Bohairic) IPA(key): /t͡ʃoɪ̯s/
Noun edit
ϭⲟⲓⲥ • (cois) m (plural ϭⲓⲥⲉⲩ (ciseu))
Proper noun edit
Ⲡϭⲟⲓⲥ • (Pcois) m
- (Bohairic, Christianity, always with definite article) Lord
Synonyms edit
- Ⲡⲟ̅ⲥ̅ (Po̅s̅) — nomen sacrum (abbreviation)
References edit
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN