ϣⲃⲏⲣ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ϣⲫⲏⲣ (šphēr) — Bohairic
• ϣⲃⲣ (šbr) — Sahidic
• ⳉⲃⲏⲣ (xbēr) — Akhmimic
• ϣⲃⲏⲗ (šbēl) — Fayyumic

Etymology

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

Noun

ϣⲃⲏⲣ • (šbēr) m (feminine ϣⲃⲉⲉⲣⲉ (šbeere), plural ϣⲃⲉⲉⲣ (šbeer) or (S, L) ϣⲃⲉⲉⲣⲉ (šbeere), nominal form ϣⲃⲣ- (šbr-))

1. (Sahidic, Lycopolitan) friend

Derived terms

• ⲙⲛⲧϣⲃⲏⲣ (mntšbēr, “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