ⲉⲧⲃⲉ-

Coptic

Etymology

From Demotic r-ḏbꜣ (“because of”), from Egyptian (r ḏbꜣ, “instead of”).

Preposition

ⲉⲧⲃⲉ- • (etbe-) (prepersonal state ⲉⲧⲃⲏⲏⲧ⸗)

1. (Sahidic) because of, on account of
2. (Sahidic) about, concerning
3. (Sahidic) for the sake of

References

• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39
• Lambdin, Thomas Oden (1983) Introduction to Sahidic Coptic, Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, →ISBN, page 220