ⲛⲁϥⲓ

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲛⲟⲃⲓ (nobi) — Bohairic
• ⲛⲁⲃⲉ (nabe) — Akhmimic, Lycopolitan
• ⲛⲁⲃⲓ (nabi) — Fayyumic
• ⲛⲟⲃⲉ (nobe) — Sahidic

Etymology

From Demotic ⁠⁠ (nby), ⁠⁠⁠ (nbe.t, “damage, sin”), from Egyptian (nb, “damage, sin”).

Noun

ⲛⲁϥⲓ • (nafi) m (plural ⲛⲁϥⲓ (nafi))

1. (Fayyumic) sin, transgression

References

• Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 222
• Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 106