ⲉⲣⲃⲉ

Coptic

A horse enclosure

Alternative forms

• ⲉⲣⲃⲓ (erbi) — Bohairic

Etymology

From Demotic rbt (“enclosure, pen, cavalry camp”). Compare Coptic ⲱⲣϥ (ōrf).

Noun

ⲉⲣⲃⲉ • (erbe) f

1. (Sahidic) enclosure, pen

Derived terms

• ϯⲉⲣⲃⲉ (tierbe, “Diyarb, an Upper Egyptian toponym used in number of places i.e. Diyarb Buqtaris, Diyarb Nigm, Diyarb Haşim”)

Descendants

• → Arabic: ديرب (diyarb), طرفة (tirfa)

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
• Peust, Carsten (2010) Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten (Göttinger Miszellen. Beihefte; 8)‎^[1] (in German), Göttingen, page 37