ϩⲏⲃⲉⲥ

Coptic edit

Alternative forms edit

ϩⲏⲃⲥ (hēbs) — Sahidic, Fayyumic, Lycopolitan
ϩⲉⲃⲥ (hebs) — Sahidic
ϩⲃⲥ (hbs) — Sahidic
ⳉⲏⲃⲥ (xēbs) — Akhmimic
ϧⲏⲃⲥ (xēbs) — Bohairic

Etymology edit

From Demotic ẖbs (“lamp”), from Egyptian

(ḫbs, “wick, lamp”).

Noun edit

ϩⲏⲃⲉⲥ • (hēbes) m

(Fayyumic) lamp

References edit

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 275
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 658

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