ⲗⲉⲃⲁⲛ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲗⲁⲃⲱ (labō) — Bohairic

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

ⲗⲉⲃⲁⲛ • (leban) m

1. cable of a ship, tow, hawser

Descendants

• → Egyptian Arabic: لبان (libān)

References

• Bishai, Wilson B. (1964) “Coptic Lexical Influence on Egyptian Arabic”, in Journal of Near Eastern Studies, volume 23, number 1, →DOI, page 43b
• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 137b